Nafas
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-FAHS
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
Nafas is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “breath”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
What does Nafas mean?
Arabic: Arabic and Persian nafas
“breath”
Is Nafas a girl's or a boy's name?
Nafas is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nafas in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 171% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Nafas, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Nafas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
Names like Nafas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Nusaybah, Ayah, Hiba, Zainab, Hafsa, Rahma, Rehmat, Abeeha, Niyyah, Amal, Huda
Names related to Nafas
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Nafas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nafas, updated 20 October 2026.