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Meaning and origin
afiya is a kiswahili,afican girl name. The meaning of the name is `health`.

What afiya`s say about their name

The best thing about the name afiya:
Not everyone has that name. the name is special.
The worst thing about the name:
That many people mispronounce it all.
If my name wasn`t afiya....:
I would like to hold a special name but is easier to pronounce.
Extra information:
I am a Dutch girl of twelve years old. and I do not usually site's named Afiya where there. So I like that's very muth.
The best thing about the name afiya:
Is that is diffrent I was the only one that had it.
The worst thing about the name:
No one really knew how to pronounce it
If my name wasn`t afiya....:
Now I can't think of another name for me
Extra information:
My mom found it out of an African book which stands for Beautiful
The best thing about the name afiya:
when i hear people saying it u feel good inside
The worst thing about the name:
nothing at all its perfect
If my name wasn`t afiya....:
i would find a way of changing it to afiya
Extra information:
i love my name an would not change it for the world
The best thing about the name afiya:
In Arabic Afiyah means free from all illness. So its a great thing to get this name.
The worst thing about the name:
I don't see any bad things about this name.
If my name wasn`t afiya....:
It would have been Mishal which in ARABIC means torch.
Extra information:
The best thing about the name afiya:
The meaning itself. The kiswahili word is also ARABIC, i don't know which way it has migrated.
The worst thing about the name:
We tend to shorten and call 'afi' which further narrows to APPI , in our local dialect malayalam in india it means baby pooh!
If my name wasn`t afiya....:
I am planning to name my new born girl child Afiya. I think she gets a good name.
Extra information:
Its a unique name sure.
The best thing about the name afiya:
The best thing about having this name is that not many people have my name and if they do its never spelt the same.
The worst thing about the name:
The only thing about my name that is bad is that persons started to either call it wrong or call me AFIRE.
If my name wasn`t afiya....:

Extra information:
The best thing about the name afiya:
Because none of my friends have my name and i can be identified very quickly
The worst thing about the name:
everyone who knows me likes to take out the A and shorten my name to fiya and i hate it because everyone who do it thinks it's spelt fea the spanish version and u no what it means (ugly)and to everyone get it right it's afiya!!!
If my name wasn`t afiya....:
no
Extra information:
some advice for parents who want to call their kids afiya you should do it because it's unique and after all it means the most important thing health.

More `afiya` links
afiya as abbreviation
Actors named afiya
afiya in the encyclopedia

Statistics for afiya

The name afiya doesn`t appear in the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name afiya seems to be unique!

See also the US top 1000 names 2007

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Comments on afiya

Afiya
My name afiya was given to me by my grandmother i never really new what it meant until now and i now understand why it was given 2 me when i was born i had a sick foot so i guess it all makes sense and it's a beautiful name but, a very rare name.
Ismail
I am Ismail from india. I searched a lot for a good name for my new born, and stuck to Afiya.

Only for afiyas!