The baby name Kifayt is a Female name , 23 syllables long and is pronounced kee-FAYT (IPA: /kiˈfeɪt"); alternate Kifayat: ki-FAH-yat (IPA: /kɪˈfaːjət/).
Kifayt is Urdu in Origin.
The baby name Kifayt is a Female name , 23 syllables long and is pronounced kee-FAYT (IPA: /kiˈfeɪt"); alternate Kifayat: ki-FAH-yat (IPA: /kɪˈfaːjət/).
Kifayt is Urdu in Origin.
Kifayt (pronounced kih-FAY-et or kee-FYE-it) stems from the Arabic triliteral root K-F-Y, from which kafā/kifāya denote “enough, sufficiency, capability.” Via Persian and Urdu, the abstract noun kifāyat adds shades of “competence” and “efficiency,” making the name a wish for adequacy and self-sufficiency.
As a given name it appears chiefly in Muslim communities from the Ottoman era to modern South Asia and the Middle East; Turkish kifayet and Urdu/Hindustani kifayat shaped its spelling. It is predominantly masculine in South Asia (cf. Kifayat, Kifayatullah), while feminine counterparts Kifaya/Kifayah are common in Arabic- and East African-speaking circles. Variant spellings include Kifayat, Kifaayat, Kifaya, Kifayah, Kefayat, Kefaya, and Kifayet; Kifayt is a streamlined modern form used in diaspora contexts. The core meaning remains “sufficiency, adequacy, capable enough,” sometimes interpreted spiritually as “contentment” or “God’s sufficiency.”
Kifayt is rarely chosen. We count 22 recorded uses of it across 8 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD | 0 | #241 | 1 | 5,992 | |
| BH | 0 | #585 | 3 | 17,937 | |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,013 | 2 | 25,931 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,142 | 2 | 22,615 |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,605 | 10 | 28,008 |
Kifayt is popular in 8 countries — most recent births per country:
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