Jaffer is a surname or given name, and may refer to:Aubrey Jaffer, mathematician and software engineerMelissa Jaffer (born 1936), Australian actressMobina Jaffer (born 1949), Canadian senatorMurtz Jaffer (born 1980), Canadian journalistMustafa Jaffer Sabodo, Tanzanian economist and businessmanRahim Jaffer (born 1971), Canadian M.P.Wasim Jaffer (born 1978), Indian cricketerJaffer Ali (died 1975), Indian papier-mache artistC. K. Jaffer Sheriff, Indian politician and government minister