Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Masculine Usage African American (Modern) Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 8/14/2006 by Braveheart Edited 11/7/2017 by SeaHorse15 Meaning & History From the Swahili word jabari meaning "brave (one)", which is from Arabic جَبَّار (jabbār) "all-powerful ruler" (see Jabbar).