Given name & surname
Kafi
“a quiet child; one who is wellbehaved”·“a quiet and well-behaved boy”
Kafi is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a quiet child; one who is wellbehaved” (African) and “a quiet and well-behaved boy” (African). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a quiet child; one who is wellbehaved” (African) and “a quiet and well-behaved boy” (African). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kafi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 106
- 0 boys · 106 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 208 as a first name in 2020; 175 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kafi’s family of names
Kafi has a related form in Kafea. Kafi has a related form in Kafee. Kafi has a related form in Kafey.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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