Entry № 11431 · Arabic origin

Wafa Wafa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ WAH-fah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Loyalty, faithfulness"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "loyalty, faithfulness".

Wafa (وفاء) is the Arabic word for "loyalty" or "fidelity." The word carries high moral weight in Arabic culture, where loyalty to family, friends, and promises is a core virtue.

Wafa is widely used in the Arab world.

Loyalty. The Arab virtue.

The name in its native script.

وفاء
Transliteration
Wafāʾ
Pronunciation
/ ˈwɑː.fə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Wafa stands.

Wafa does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Wafas before her.

Real people
Wafa Sultan
Syrian-American author.
born 1958
In fiction
Wafa
Common in Arabic fiction.

Names connected to Wafa.

The number behind Wafa.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Wafa reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.