Forename Arifa

Worldwide, Arifa (Arifa , Арифа , Arrifa ) is a common principally feminine, but very infrequently boy's forename. The given name Arifa is characteristic of Bangladesh, where it is quite a rare predominantly girly, but scarcely masculine name, India, where it is quite a rare female name, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Southern Asia, particularly India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Very seldom, Arifa is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Arifa

name Arifa, name Арифа, name Аріфа, name Arrifa, name Ǡȓifa, name Арйфа

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Arifa	Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Azerbaijan, Indonesia
Арифа	Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan
Arrifa	South Africa, Philippines, United States, India, Indonesia

First names said to be same

Ǡȓifa, Арйфа, and Аріфа

Notable namesakes

	arifa ibrahim MV (b. 1955)
	arifa jan Activist for rug making in India, IN (b. 1987)
	arifa hussain researcher
	arifa abdinbekova entomologist
	arifa akram researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-8829-9817)
	arifa saif researcher
	arifa zaheer Indian association football player, IN (b. 1998)

Characteristic surnames

Bi, Islam, Mandal, Mondal, Sardar, Sayyad, Sayyed, Shaikh, Ansari, Khanam, Khatun, Parvin, Pathan, Rahman, Laskar, Sultana, Khatoon, Parveen, Tamboli, Hossain, Qureshi, Mohammad, Tadvi, Mohammed, Jahan, Begum, Ali, Bee, Shek, Sekh, Syed, Banu, Bano, Bibi, Khan, Gazi, Qazi, Malik, Molla, Mulla, Shaik, Sheik, Anjum, Akter, Ahmed, Beevi, Begam, Patel, and Siddiqui