Given name & surname · also Hebrew
Afra
“young doe”·“white; an earth color”
Afra is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “young doe” and “white; an earth color”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “young doe” and “white; an earth color”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Hebrew and Arabic naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Afra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 226
- 0 boys · 226 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #5,416 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +136%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,416 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 476 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Afra’s family of names
Afra has a related form in Afrah. Afra has a related form in Afera. Afra has a related form in Affery.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Afrahvariant
- Afryevariant
- Aferavariant
- Aphravariant · English
- Affreyvariant
- Affrievariant
- Afferyvariant
- Afriavariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Afra
- Saint Afrachristian martyr300–304
- Afra SaraçoğluTurkish actor and fashion model (born 1997)
- Afra AtiqEmirati spoken word poet
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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