Afia

Where Afia comes from

* From Arabic * From Akan
— Wiktionary's entry for Afia
  • Arabic
  • Akan
  • Urdu
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1972
    First appearance
    #6,558 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2024
    Peak, #4,560
    30 babies named Afia — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
  • A female given name from Arabic.
  • A female given name from Akan.
  • Alternative form of Aafia; A female given name from Urdu.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.