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Nafis name meaning

“precious; valuable”

Letters
5
Syllables
2
First letter
N
Origin
Arabic
Category
Malay Names
Gender
♂ Boy
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Nafis

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Malay Names: NMeaning prosperityArabic origin

Nafis is a boy's name from Arabic meaning 'precious' or 'valuable'.

What does Nafis mean?

Precious; valuable

In Malay: berharga; bernilai

Sources (1)

About the name Nafis

Nafis is a boy's name from the Arabic adjective nafīs, 'precious, costly, valuable, good'. The root is n-f-s. Nafees is a variant spelling.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginArabic
Rootن ف س · n-f-s
SyllablesNa-fis
First letterMalay Names starting with N
Arabic scriptنفيس

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: نفيس · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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