Boubacar

Boubacar is a male given name common in West Africa , which also occurs as a family name .

Origin and meaning

Boubacar is a West African variant of the Arabic name Abu Bakr .

Name bearer

First name

• Boubacar Ba (1935–2013), Nigerien mathematician
• Boubacar Barry (soccer player, 1979) (* 1979), Ivorian soccer goalkeeper
• Boubacar Barry (soccer player, 1996) (* 1996), German soccer player
• Boubacar Boureima (painter) (born 1950), Nigerien painter
• Boubacar Boureima (diplomat) (* 1958), Nigerien diplomat
• Boubacar Diallo (politician) (1906–1965), Nigerien politician
• Boubacar Diallo (athlete) (* 1954), Senegalese athlete
• Boubacar Diallo (filmmaker) (* 1962), Burkinabe filmmaker, journalist and writer
• Boubacar Diallo (soccer player) (* 1985), Guinean soccer player
• Boubacar Diarra (* 1979), Malian football player
• Boubacar Boris Diop (* 1946), Senegalese writer, journalist and screenwriter
• Boubacar Fofana (* 1989), Guinean football player
• Boubacar Sanogo (* 1982), Ivorian football player
• Boubacar Traoré (* 1942), Malian musician

Middle name

• Amadou Boubacar Cissé (* 1948), Nigerien politician
• Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (* 1945), Malian politician

family name

• Issoufou Boubacar (* 1990), Nigerien football player
• Mansaly Boubacar (* 1988), Senegalese football player
• Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (* 1945), Mauritanian politician

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Boubacar in Baby Name Guesser (English)
2. ↑ Eric Geoffroy, Néfissa Geoffroy: Le grand livre des prénoms arabes. Plus de 5500 prénoms classés par thèmes avec leurs correspondances en français. Albin Michel, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-226-18299-9 .