Yafa

A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning beautiful.

Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies

Yafa by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Yafa.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Yarasmall butterfly140 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yanaresponsive or attentive43 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yaffabeautiful13 in the US (2017)
  • Yaaborn on thursday8 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean beauty

Like Yafa, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
  • Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
  • Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
  • Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
  • Annabellegrace and beauty combined form2,601 in the US (2017)

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