Boy · Arabic · Muslim
Afif
عفیفSay it uh-FEEF
- Meaning today
- Chaste, virtuous, modest
- Original meaning
- "abstaining from what is unlawful or base; chaste, virtuous" Lane, p. 2088
- Say it
- uh-FEEF
- Written
- عفیف
- Other spellings
- Afeef
Afif
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Afif meaning
Afif (عفیف) is a Muslim boy's name of Arabic origin.
Abstaining from what is unlawful or base; chaste, virtuous
Also used to mean: modest
Afif (عفیف) is the Arabic ʿafīf, from the root ʿ-f-f, "to refrain". Lane's lexicon defines it as one who abstains from what is unlawful, improper or base, and also one who does not stoop to begging; used of a woman, it means virtuous or chaste. Name lists give Afif as "chaste", "virtuous" or "modest", which follows the dictionary closely. The feminine form is Afifa. In Indian history the name is known from Shams Siraj ʿAfīf, the fourteenth-century chronicler of Sultan Fīrūz Shāh Tughluq.
Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon (1863–93), Book I, Part 5, p. 2088 · entry ʿafīf (عَفِيفٌ), root ʿ-f-f · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ʿafīf, Book I p. 2088
Spellings
Afif · Afeef