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Afi - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Afi

[ syll. a-fi, af-i ] The boy name Afi is pronounced as ahFAY KEY. Afi is used chiefly in the Twi language and it is derived from African-Akan origins. Afi is a form of the name Kofi (Ewe, Fante, and Twi).

Afi is a baby boy name of irregular use. It is not listed in the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Afi include Aapo (Finnish), Abba (Hebrew), Abbey (English), Abby (English), Abi (English), Abie (English), Abu (Arabic), Avi (Hebrew), Aviv (Hebrew), Ib (Scandinavian), Ihab (Arabic), Ivo (German), Iyov (Hebrew), Ab (English and Dutch), and Aub (English).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Afi: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)"


 
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