- Meaning
- Guardian; one who knows the whole Quran by heart
- Arabic
- حافظ
- Say it
- HAA-fiz
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
Famous people with this name
- Hafez of Shiraz, the Persian poet, whose pen name means one who knows the Quran by heart
Other spellings
Hafez, Hafid, Hafız
Names from the same root (ح ف ظ)
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Questions about Hafiz
What does Hafiz mean?
Hafiz means: Guardian; one who knows the whole Quran by heart.
Is Hafiz 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 Hafiz a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Hafiz is a boy’s name.
How do you write Hafiz in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Hafiz is written حافظ.