Jatau is a Nigerian male given name and surname of Hausa origin. The name "Jatau" means "fair-coloured, light".

Notable individuals with the name

Auwal Jatau (born 1955), Nigerian politician Manasseh Daniel Jatau (born 1955), Nigerian politician Peter Yariyok Jatau (1931 – 2020), Nigerian Roman Catholic archbishop. Abu Ja (1851), Nigeria ruler, founder of the Emirate of Abuja.

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