Afifa
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning modest, virtuous, chaste.
Afifa by the numbers
In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Afifa. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Afifa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Afiaborn on Friday21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Afiyahealth; well-being15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arifaknowing or learned; feminine form of Arif5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Afifahchaste, virtuous, honorable3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alifa5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aifa4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Afifa
Names that are said the same way as Afifa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean gentleness
Like Afifa, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Leahweary; also delicate5,168 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
- Delilahdelicate, languishing1,180 in England and Wales (2025)
- Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)
- Almanourishing, kind222 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean purity
Like Afifa, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Afifa
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