Afra

A Quranic Name for Girls

Afra is variant of Afraa and has the exact same meaning and pronunciation (see below for full meaning). You can use either Afra or Afraa, both are correct and acceptable. If you like this variant more and you'd like to pronounce it the way it is spelled (different than the original name), this is perfectly acceptable. For more details please see the main entry at: Afraa.

Full Meaning of Afra

Afra is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means “white”, “fair”, “13th night of the lunar month” (on which the moon is almost full and thus its white light is shining brightly), “female gazelle that with white patches of fur”. Afra is the name of  two Sahabiyaat (virtuous women who lived at the time of the Prophet ﷺ) that we know of, whose full names were Afra bint Ubaid bin Thaalaba and Afra bint as-Sakn bin Raafi. It is derived from the AIN-F-R AIN-F-R  (“dust”, “power”, etc.) root which is used in the Quran in verse 27:39.

A powerful one from among the jinn said, “I will bring it to you before you rise from your place, and indeed, I am for this [task] strong and trustworthy.” (Quran 27:39)