The baby name Afife is a Girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ah-fee-FEH.
The baby name Afife is a girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ah-fee-FEH.
Afife is Arabic, Turkish in Origin.
Afife is the Turkish spelling of Arabic ʿAfīfa (عفيفة), the feminine singular active adjective of ʿafīf, from the Semitic root ʿ-f-f, associated with abstinence, modesty, and chastity. In Classical Arabic morphology, the faʿīl pattern forms ʿafīf, signifying chaste or self-restrained; the feminine ending -a gives ʿafīfa, literally a chaste or virtuous woman, while Turkish renders the final vowel as -e.
The name belongs to the Arabic-Islamic virtue-name tradition and entered Ottoman Turkish with many Arabic personal names, later remaining in Republican Turkey in the spelling Afife. It is not a Quranic personal name, but its root vocabulary is familiar in Islamic ethical writing. Afife Jale, born in 1902, made the name notable in Turkish cultural history as an early Muslim woman on the professional stage. Arabic Afifa and Afifah, Persian Afifeh, and French-influenced Afifé reflect regional transcription rather than separate origins.
| Afife Jale Afife Jale was best known as the first Muslim theatre actress in the Ottoman Empire. She was a pioneering Turkish stage actress whose career helped open the door for Muslim women to perform in theatre. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Girls | 0 | #225 | 3 | 4,141 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #329 | 1 | 7,429 |
| YE | 0 | #393 | 6 | 8,639 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| CO | 0 | #509 | 2 | 7,768 | |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #544 | 2 | 8,334 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #565 | 1 | 10,162 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| LB | 0 | #624 | 35 | 13,263 | |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #632 | 1 | 18,916 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #644 | 2 | 11,648 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #651 | 1 | 9,488 |
| SY | 0 | #763 | 5 | 11,684 | |
| TN | 0 | #811 | 19 | 13,765 | |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #829 | 10 | 4,949 |
| TR | 0 | #840 | 411 | 19,440 | |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #871 | 16 | 15,035 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #914 | 2 | 14,098 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #990 | 3 | 12,708 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,008 | 2 | 14,742 |
| MA | 0 | #1,112 | 17 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,133 | 44 | 20,130 | |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,146 | 7 | 16,140 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Afife is popular in 23 countries — most recent births per country:
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