Alfiya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Alfiya by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Alfiya.

Its American peak was 5 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Alfiya

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alfiya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aliyaexalted, sublime80 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Afiyahealth; well-being15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aafiyahealth and well-being13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alliyaexalted; a form of Aliyah5 in the US (2017)
  • Alaiya42 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aleiya15 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Alfiya

Names that are said the same way as Alfiya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Aliviaolive tree; a respelling of Olivia1,330 in the US (2017)
  • Alyvianoble natured; a modern respelling of Alicia251 in the US (2017)
  • Aliviaholive tree; a respelling of Olivia64 in the US (2017)
  • Aaliviaolive tree; a form of Olivia8 in the US (2017)
  • Alivyaolive tree; a form of Olivia5 in the US (2017)
  • Alyviah18 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Alfiya

Nobody has voted for Alfiya yet

Vote for Alfiya and put it up against all the other baby names

Vote for Alfiya