Afia

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Afia is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name1.9K records spelled Afia9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Afïà, Ãfiã, Âfïä, Àfià, Âfia

• Portuguese given name1.8K records spelled Afia2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Spain, United States, Ghana

  Also written Áfia

• a separate given name352 records spelled Afia3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ghana, Morocco, Pakistan

  Also written Âfia, Áfia

• Russian given name148 records spelled Afia4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ghana, United States, United Kingdom, Russia

  Languages: Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian

  Also written Афиа

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Afia is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, Health.

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In Portuguese, pencil sharpener

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In kw, to affirm

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Ewe, roe deer

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Arabic, good health, vigour, vitality

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 72 years between 1922–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Helena van der Pasb. 1892NLnot in their usual namedancer from the Netherlands
• Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem IIb. 1905GHQueen mother of the Ashanti Kingdom
• Afia Nathanielb. 1974PKPakistani filmmaker
• Afia Schwarzeneggerb. 1982GHGhanaian actor and media personality
• Afia Charlesb. 1992USAntiguan sprint athlete
• Afia Nkrumahfilm director
• Afia Amankwaah TamakloeGHGhanaian TV and radio personality, journalist
• Afia PokuaGHGhanaian media journalist and editor
• Afia SalamPKPakistani journalist
• Afia MalaTGTogolese singer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 241 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Afia?

We estimate roughly 1.5 thousand people bear Afia (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Afia have the most bearers?

Afia is most frequently recorded in Bangladesh, where it is most often spelled afia.

How common is Afia compared with other names?

In Bangladesh, Afia is the 191st most common given name of 28,624 given names recorded there.

Is Afia a male or female name?

Afia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Afia mean?

Recorded meaning: Akan: female born on Friday.