Nafeesah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nah-FEE-sa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Nafeesah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “precious, valuable”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Nafeesah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Nafeesa, itself a spelling of Nafisa, feminine of Nafis, from Arabic nafis 'precious'
“precious, valuable”
Feminine of Nafis, Arabic for precious; Sayyida Nafisa is a revered descendant of the Prophet buried in Cairo.
Meaning borrowed from Nafeesa.
Is Nafeesah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nafeesah 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 Nafeesah 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 Nafeesah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2006, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nafeesah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2011. 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.
Nafeesah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
Names like Nafeesah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aakifah, Farah, Umamah, Nabeelah, Hibah, Azeemah, Umaymah, Nusaybah, Ruqayyah, Samah, Musfirah, Aafiyah
Names related to Nafeesah
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, “Nafeesah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nafeesah, updated 20 October 2026.