Alefiya: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Alefiya – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: uh-LEF-ee-uh


Alefiya is a girl's name. It appears in our list of 200+ Beautiful Baby Girls Names That Start with A.

Meaning & Origin of Alefiya

A common claim: Baby-name sites describe Alefiya as Arabic/Urdu for 'learning, knowledge.' Actually: Alefiya is plausibly connected to the Arabic word alfiyyah, but this isn't independently confirmed.

How to Pronounce Alefiya

Phonetic: uh-LEF-ee-uh   IPA: /əˈlɛfiə/

Popularity of Alefiya

Alefiya doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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