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Afif
/ah-FEEF/
Hausa
· a boy’s name
“Chaste, modest, and honorable”
How to say it
ah-FEEF
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Niger
How common
rare
For a girl
Afifa
From the same family
01
Afifa
“Arabic-derived: pure-hearted and virtuous”
Hausa
female
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