The baby name Jasar is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdʒɑːsɑr/ (JAH-sar) or /ˈjɑːsar/ (YAH-sar, Turkish/Bosnian).
The baby name Jasar is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdʒɑːsɑr/ (JAH-sar) or /ˈjɑːsar/ (YAH-sar, Turkish/Bosnian).
Jasar is Arabic, Bosnian, Slavic, Turkish in Origin.
Jasar is a cross-cultural male given name with two main etymological streams. In the Balkans it is the diacriticless form of Bosnian/Serbian Jašar, from Turkish Yaşar ‘he lives’ (third-person singular of yaşamak), popularized under Ottoman influence. In Arabic contexts, Jasar can reflect the name Jāsir/Jasir (جاسر) ‘brave, daring’; closely related forms include Jassar (جسّار), an intensive pattern meaning ‘very bold.’
Documented among Bosniaks, Albanians, Macedonians, and Turks in the 19th–20th centuries; later maintained in diaspora communities where ASCII spellings prevail. Variants and cognates include Jašar, Yaşar, Jaser, Jasir, and Jassar. Used chiefly as a masculine name, it carries positive connotations of vitality (‘he lives’) or courage (‘brave’), making it appealing across Muslim-majority and multicultural settings and throughout the former Ottoman world.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | Boys | 0 | #131 | 1 | 1,400 |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #151 | 1 | 2,166 |
| RS | Boys | 0 | #153 | 2 | 2,277 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #258 | 2 | 3,997 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #293 | 4 | 6,578 |
| SA | 0 | #312 | 1 | 10,560 | |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #332 | 1 | 7,401 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #337 | 1 | 6,973 |
| YE | 0 | #397 | 2 | 8,639 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #565 | 1 | 10,162 |
| BH | 0 | #585 | 3 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #645 | 1 | 11,648 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #688 | 20 | 18,093 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #692 | 6 | 13,071 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #798 | 9 | 18,755 |
| TN | 0 | #863 | 3 | 13,765 | |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #867 | 15 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #923 | 3 | 15,035 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #930 | 23 | 5,697 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #978 | 4 | 15,656 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,008 | 2 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 5 | 25,931 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,038 | 2 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,050 | 43 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,181 | 2 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,198 | 2 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,226 | 9 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,447 | 25 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,539 | 76 | 28,008 |
Jasar is popular in 31 countries — most recent births per country:
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