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All around the world, Yar (Yar
, Jahr
, یار
) is a common principally boy's, but very infrequently female first name. The first name Yar is characteristic of Pakistan, where it is quite a common male name, Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare principally masculine, but scarcely female name, and Mongolia, where it is quite a rare unisex name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Pakistan, India, and Saudi Arabia. Also, Yar is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Yar | Myanmar, Turkey, India, Nigeria, Pakistan |
| Jahr | Norway, India, France, United States, Germany |
| یار | Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan |
Yar is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Yar Afzal , the fictional character created by Robert E. Howard, The People of the Black Circle and Yar , the character from 2000 film 'Dinosaur'.