Afra is a girl's name of Arabic origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 14 girls in the United States.
Afra belongs to the Muslim & Arabic and Turkish tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Afra first appears in Social Security records in 1979. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #7572 in 2024, and in 2024 14 babies received the name — 203 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Afra is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Arabic origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Afra is a girl name. In 2024, 14 babies received the name in the US.
Afra comes from the Muslim & Arabic, Turkish and Persian tradition.
Afra first appears in US records in 1979. Its best-ever ranking was #7572 in 2024, and 14 babies were given the name in 2024.
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