Afsheen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- af-SHEEN
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Afsheen is a girls' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Afsheen mean?
Persian: variant of Afshin, used for girls in Pakistan
From Afshin, an old Persian title borne by a 9th-century general of the Abbasid caliphate; its original meaning is uncertain.
Is Afsheen a girl's or a boy's name?
Afsheen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Afsheen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Afsheen, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2014, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Afsheen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Afsheen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Afsheen in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Afsheen in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Afsheen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Names like Afsheen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Ayah, Zainab, Abeeha, Hafsa, Ayra, Aaliyah, Nusaybah, Safaa, Rahma, Hiba, Aiza
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Afsheen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/afsheen, updated 20 October 2026.