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Afro - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Afro

[ 2 syll. a-fro, af-ro ] The boy name Afro is pronounced as AEFRow KEY. Afro is used predominantly in the Italian language and its origin is Hebrew. The name's meaning is young deer. The name Afra (Arabic, Hebrew, and Italian) is the female version of Afro.

Afro is an infrequently used baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Afro include Abrao (Portuguese), Aubary (English), Aubrey (English), Aubri (English), Aubrie (English), Aubry (English), Iver (English and Scandinavian), Ivor (English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh), Aubery (English), Aubury (English), and Ivory (English).

KEY: English pronunciation for Afro: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"


 
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