The baby name Afia is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced AF-ee-uh (Anglicized: /ˈæfiə/; Akan: [aˈfi.a]).
Afia is Akan in Origin.
The baby name Afia is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced AF-ee-uh (Anglicized: /ˈæfiə/; Akan: [aˈfi.a]).
Afia is Akan in Origin.
Afia is a feminine given name with two distinct roots. In Akan (Twi and Fante) of Ghana, it is the day name for a girl born on Friday, part of the kradin system that assigns names by weekday; the male counterpart is Kofi. Spelled Afia, Afua, or Efua depending on dialect and colonial-era orthography, it remains widespread among Ashanti and Fante families and in the Ghanaian diaspora.
Separately, Afia is also a simplified form of the Arabic Afiya/Afiyah (عافية), meaning health, well-being, and ease, used across North and West Africa, the Middle East, and South Asian Muslim communities. Related variants include Afiya, Afiyah, Afya, and, in Akan context, Afua/Efua. Thanks to migration and media, the name now travels beyond its homelands, carrying either the cultural marker “Friday-born” or the aspirational wish of “good health,” depending on origin.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MV | Girls | 0 | #35 | 1 | 2,021 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #47 | 1,178 | 6,973 |
| CM | 0 | #56 | 1 | 2,592 | |
| GH | 0 | #74 | 236 | 5,396 | |
| AF | 0 | #76 | 1 | 1,883 | |
| AO | 0 | #77 | 1 | 2,729 | |
| AF | Girls | 0 | #94 | 1 | 2,402 |
| ID | Girls | 0 | #101 | 2 | 3,319 |
| QA | 0 | #105 | 2 | 7,011 | |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #106 | 460 | 8,413 |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #113 | 2 | 5,459 |
| OM | 0 | #121 | 1 | 6,215 | |
| Sweden | Girls | 2013 | #175 | 2 | 1,514 |
| AE | 0 | #186 | 2 | 10,220 | |
| BD | 0 | #188 | 40 | 5,992 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #190 | 1 | 4,850 |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #217 | 1 | 4,575 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #249 | 1 | 6,293 |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #251 | 1 | 6,592 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #273 | 6 | 7,507 |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #276 | 10 | 2,795 |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #288 | 2 | 8,139 |
| SA | 0 | #304 | 9 | 10,560 | |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #315 | 31 | 8,138 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #323 | 7 | 7,429 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #328 | 18 | 7,678 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #333 | 7 | 7,570 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #336 | 8 | 15,378 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #371 | 26 | 15,987 |
| YE | 0 | #393 | 6 | 8,639 | |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #400 | 6 | 3,185 |
| EG | 0 | #411 | 2 | 6,387 | |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #467 | 49 | 19,177 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #471 | 1 | 7,952 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #514 | 40 | 20,968 |
| LY | 0 | #518 | 18 | 12,703 | |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #523 | 3 | 11,303 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #546 | 2 | 10,981 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #552 | 9 | 11,671 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #561 | 16 | 10,045 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #574 | 2 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #579 | 9 | 17,937 | |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #612 | 20 | 13,121 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #628 | 5 | 18,916 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #645 | 1 | 11,648 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| LB | 0 | #685 | 6 | 13,263 | |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #738 | 2 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #739 | 5 | 18,093 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #792 | 144 | 25,931 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #801 | 6 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #821 | 6 | 15,093 |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #829 | 10 | 4,949 |
| TN | 0 | #859 | 7 | 13,765 | |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #888 | 29 | 8,487 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #915 | 4 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #920 | 6 | 15,035 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #927 | 29 | 5,933 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #932 | 20 | 16,906 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #945 | 50 | 24,821 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #973 | 11 | 5,561 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #987 | 6 | 12,708 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,005 | 5 | 14,742 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 1 | 14,861 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| MA | 0 | #1,079 | 50 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,096 | 46 | 25,928 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,102 | 10 | 25,439 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,139 | 5 | 22,615 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,147 | 30 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,264 | 9 | 25,619 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,351 | 96 | 9,415 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,583 | 32 | 28,008 |
Afia is popular in 52 countries — most recent births per country:
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