Hanifa is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “incline.” In 2024 it was given to 28 girls in the United States.
Hanifa belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “incline” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Hanif.
In the United States, Hanifa first appears in Social Security records in 1980. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4799 in 2024, and in 2024 28 babies received the name — 274 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Hanifa means “incline” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Hanifa is a girl name. In 2024, 28 babies received the name in the US.
Hanifa comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition. It is also spelled Hanif.
Hanifa first appears in US records in 1980. Its best-ever ranking was #4799 in 2024, and 28 babies were given the name in 2024.
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