Given name & surname

Najafi

Najafi is a surname from Persian.

Original Persianنجفی

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Najafi comes from Persian.

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How it developed

From Persian نجفی.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Najafi’s family of names

In Persian usage, Najafi as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of نجفی. In English usage, Najafi as a surname was borrowed from the Persian form نجفی.

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