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Nafi

/NAH-fee/Fulani & Wolof · a girl’s name

A West African female short form of Nafisa/Nafissatou; consequently associated with “precious” or “valuable,” rather than the Arabic masculine name Nafiʿ (“beneficial”).

In Fulani

How to say it
NAH-fee
Given to
Girls
Used in
Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea, Mali
How common
common

From the same family

In Wolof

How to say it
NAH-fee
Given to
Girls
Used in
Senegal, Gambia
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

From the same family