Aarifah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AA-ri-fa
- Origin
- Arabic
Aarifah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “knowing, wise”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Aarifah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Arifa; feminine of Arif
“knowing, wise”
In Sufi tradition an arif is a person who has gained deep spiritual knowledge of God.
Meaning borrowed from Arifa.
Is Aarifah a girl's or a boy's name?
Aarifah is a girls' name.
How popular is Aarifah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aarifah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aarifah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
Names like Aarifah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaminah, Aakifah, Farah, Aaliyah, Umamah, Umaymah, Hibah, Azeemah, Sumayyah, Safia, Aafiyah, Ruqayyah
Names related to Aarifah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aarifah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aarifah, updated 20 October 2026.