Maghfur as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Maghfur

What is the meaning of the name Maghfur ?

The baby name Maghfur is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /maɣˈfuːr/ — "magh-FOOR" (gh = voiced velar fricative).

Maghfur is Arabic in Origin.

Maghfur is an Arabic-derived male name, from maghfūr (مغفور), the passive participle of ghafara “to forgive.” It denotes “forgiven; pardoned,” often with the nuance “one granted God’s mercy.” The form sits alongside related terms such as ghufrān (forgiveness) and the divine epithet al-Ghafūr (“the All-Forgiving,” not used alone as a personal name). Pronounced roughly magh-FOOR, it is predominantly masculine.

Use is well attested in Persianate and Urdu traditions, where al‑maghfūr appears on epitaphs and in honorifics for the deceased, and the word later became a given name, especially in South Asian and Southeast Asian Muslim families. Common variants include Maghfoor, Maghfūr (scholarly), Magfur, and Magfour; Bengali and Urdu compounds such as Maghfurur Rahman or Maghfur Rahman also occur. Related names with the same root include Ghaffar, Ghafir, and Ghufran.

⚙ Maghfur is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Maghfur appears only 3 times in total — found in 3 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.