- Meaning
- Well-being, good health
- Arabic
- عافية
- Say it
- AA-fi-ya
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
About the meaning
The Prophet taught his family to ask God for afiya, well-being in this life and the next.
Other spellings
Afia, Afiye
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Questions about Afiya
What does Afiya mean?
Afiya means: Well-being, good health. The Prophet taught his family to ask God for afiya, well-being in this life and the next.
Is Afiya in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Afiya a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Afiya is a girl’s name.
How do you write Afiya in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Afiya is written عافية.