Afraa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AF-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Afraa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “earth-coloured, whitish”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Afraa mean?
Arabic: spelling of Afra; Arabic 'Afra; separately a Latin name meaning 'African woman'
“earth-coloured, whitish”
As a Latin name it was borne by Saint Afra of Augsburg, an early Christian martyr.
Meaning borrowed from Afra.
Is Afraa a girl's or a boy's name?
Afraa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Afraa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 325% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Afraa, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 7 girls.
In 2025, 26 girls in the UK were given Afraa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,139, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Afraa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
Names like Afraa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Ayah, Hiba, Hafsa, Safaa, Rahma, Abeeha, Zainab, Huda, Zaha, Nusaybah, Aaliyah
Other spellings of Afraa
Names related to Afraa
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, “Afraa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/afraa, updated 20 October 2026.