Akif
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning devoted, dedicated, absorbed.
Babies a year
6
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3256
6 babies
Akif by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Akif. In the US, 11 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Akif. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Akilintelligent; wise; reasonable44 in the US (2017)
- Akimgod will establish; a form of Joachim17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arifknowledgeable, aware, wise17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Akiautumn; bright6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Akiobright man; autumn man3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliffirst letter of the arabic alphabet8 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean holiness
Like Akif, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Christianfollower of christ; anointed one7,058 in the US (2017)
- SantiagoSaint James4,193 in the US (2017)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- ThiagoSaint James1,765 in the US (2017)
- Malcolmdevotee of Saint Columba804 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Akif
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