Boy · Arabic · Muslim
Nafees
نفیسSay it na-FEES
- Meaning today
- Precious, valuable, refined
- Original meaning
- "precious, excellent, highly prized; held in high esteem" Lane, p. 2829
- Say it
- na-FEES
- Written
- نفیس
- Other spellings
- Nafis
Nafees
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Nafees meaning
Nafees (نفیس) is a Muslim boy's name of Arabic origin.
Precious, excellent, highly prized; held in high esteem
Also used to mean: valuable, refined
Nafees (نفیس) is the Arabic nafīs, from the root n-f-s. Lane's lexicon explains it as something held in high esteem: excellent, highly prized, precious or valuable, and therefore much sought after. The related verb nafusa means "to be precious". In Urdu the word is also used for anything fine, and Platts gives nafīs as precious, choice, exquisite, delicate and refined. Name lists give Nafees as "precious" or "valuable", matching the dictionaries. The feminine form is Nafeesa.
Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon (1863–93), p. 2829 · entry nafīs (نَفِيسٌ), root n-f-s · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, nafīs, p. 2829 · Platts, Dictionary of Urdu, nafīs, p. 1145
Spellings
Nafees · Nafis