Affan is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “chaste, modest, virtuous, pure.” In 2024 it was given to 24 boys in the United States.
Affan belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “chaste, modest, virtuous, pure” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Affan first appears in Social Security records in 1998. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2420 in 2019, and in 2024 24 babies received the name — 552 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Affan means “chaste, modest, virtuous, pure” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Affan is a boy name. In 2024, 24 babies received the name in the US.
Affan comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Affan first appears in US records in 1998. Its best-ever ranking was #2420 in 2019, and 24 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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