Girl name · Arabic
عفيفة
Afifa name meaning
a-FEE-fa
“Chaste, virtuous and modest”
About the name
GenderGirl
OriginArabic
Questions parents ask
What does Afifa mean?
Afifa (عفيفة) means “Chaste, virtuous and modest”.
How do you pronounce Afifa?
Afifa is pronounced a-FEE-fa.
Is Afifa a boy's or a girl's name?
Afifa is a girl's name.
How is Afifa written in Arabic?
In Arabic it is written عفيفة.
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Meaning checked in Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (London, 1863–1893), which gives: “abstinent, continent, chaste, virtuous, modest, decent, or decorous”. See the entry ↗