Afiya
A girls’ name of Swahili origin, meaning health; well-being.
Afiya by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Afiya. In the US, 7 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 13 babies in 1981, making it a 1980s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Afiya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ariyanoble; of noble birth124 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliyaexalted, sublime80 in England and Wales (2025)
- Asiyaone who tends; caretaker92 in England and Wales (2025)
- Afiyahrecovery; wellness; a form of Afya28 in England and Wales (2025)
- Afiaborn on Friday21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aafiyahealth and well-being13 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Afiya
Names that are said the same way as Afiya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean healing
Like Afiya, each of these has healing in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Valentinastrong, healthy3,027 in the US (2017)
- Eloisehealthy, wide546 in England and Wales (2025)
- Asaphysician, healer659 in the US (2017)
- Altheahealer; from althea the marshmallow plant153 in the US (2017)
- Shifahealing, cure31 in England and Wales (2025)
- Saminahealthy; sound; feminine form of Samin20 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Afiya
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