Given name
Monifa
“one who is lucky”
Monifa is used as a given name. One Egyptian interpretation is “one who is lucky.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Egyptian interpretation is “one who is lucky.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Egyptian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Monifa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 416
- 0 boys · 416 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 34 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 1998. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 453 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.
Monifa’s family of names
Monifa has a related form in Monifah. Monifa has a related form in Moneafa. Monifa has a related form in Moneefa.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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