Muzaffar

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Музаффар in UZ Uzbekistan, RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan and 7 more, Mujaffar in US United States, BD Bangladesh, GB United Kingdom and Muẓaffar in AE United Arab Emirates, AF Afghanistan, IQ Iraq.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Muzaffar is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name10K records spelled Muzaffar6 spellings in the group

  Also written Muẓaffar, Muz̤affar, Müzäffär, Mu̇zăffăr, Müzăffăr

• a separate name110 records spelled Muzaffar3 spellings in the group

  Also written Müzäffär

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Muzaffar is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Victorioso

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In Arabic, victorious, triumphant, victor, conqueror. See Zafir ,slb

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Uzbek, victorious, triumphant

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Arabic, victorious, triumphant, conqueror

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 90 years between 1914–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Davidb. 1300not in their usual name1200s ambassador
• Muzaffar Alib. 1520Persian painter and calligrapher
• Muzaffar Narimanovb. 1897GESoviet politician (1897–1938)
• Muzaffar Alib. 1944INIndian film producer
• Muzaffar Alamb. 1947INhistorian at the University of Chicago

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 218 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Muzaffar?

We estimate roughly 2.2 thousand people bear Muzaffar (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Muzaffar have the most bearers?

Muzaffar is most frequently recorded in Pakistan, where it is most often spelled muzaffar.

How common is Muzaffar compared with other names?

In Uzbekistan, Muzaffar is the 44th most common given name of 64,737 given names recorded there.

What does the name Muzaffar mean?

Recorded meaning: A victorious; successful;