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Muhammad Afiq name meaning

“praised; one who reaches the highest degree of generosity or knowledge”

Letters
12
Syllables
5
First letter
M
Origin
Arabic
Category
Malay Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 1990s: 7.3%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Malay table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s7.3%
2000s4.3%
2010s–

Malay Names: MMeaning faithArabic origin

Muhammad Afiq is a boy's name from Arabic joining Muhammad ('praised') with Afiq ('one who reaches the highest degree of generosity or knowledge').

What does Muhammad Afiq mean?

Praised; one who reaches the highest degree of generosity or knowledge

In Malay: terpuji; yang mencapai darjat tertinggi dalam kemurahan hati atau ilmu

#Faith#Kindness#Knowledge

Sources (5)

About the name Muhammad Afiq

Muhammad Afiq joins Muhammad, a common first element in boys' names, with Afiq. Muhammad means 'praised; commendable', and Afiq spells the Arabic word آفِق (āfiq), one who has reached the utmost degree in generosity or knowledge. Muhammad is also written Mohd, Mohamad or Muhamad. According to JPN, the name peaked in the 1990s with 3,846 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginArabic
SyllablesMu-ham-mad A-fiq
PartsMuhammad + Afiq
First letterMalay Names starting with M
Arabic scriptمحمد آفق

Muhammad Afiq in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
Boy: 3,846 · 7.3%
2000s
Boy: 3,477 · 4.3%
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Muhammad Afiq as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Malay table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Muhammad · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Lane's Lexicon: أفق · arabiclexicon.hawramani.com · meaning
  3. Lisān al-ʿArab: أفق · arabiclexicon.hawramani.com · meaning
  4. Hawramani: Aafiq (آفِق) · muslimbabynames.hawramani.com · origin
  5. Behind the Name: Afiq · behindthename.com · usage

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