Jafet is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning “to extend.” In 2024 it was given to 46 boys in the United States.
Jafet belongs to the Spanish tradition. Its meaning — “to extend” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Jafet first appears in Social Security records in 1986. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1967 in 2001, and in 2024 46 babies received the name — 1,396 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Jafet means “to extend” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Jafet is a boy name. In 2024, 46 babies received the name in the US.
Jafet comes from the Spanish tradition.
Jafet first appears in US records in 1986. Its best-ever ranking was #1967 in 2001, and 46 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. 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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