Irfanah

A Quranic Name for Girls

Meaning: Wise, Wisdom and Decisiveness

Irfanah is variant of Irfana and has the exact same meaning and pronunciation (see below for full meaning). You can use either Irfanah or Irfana, 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: Irfana.

Full Meaning of Irfanah

Irfanah is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means “word of wisdom”, “wisdom”, “knowledge”. It is derived from the AIN-R-F Quranic root.

Those to whom We have given the Scriptures know this [Quran] as they know their own sons. But those who have ruined their souls will not believe. (Quran 6:20)

Irfanah is not a standard Arabic word. The original word is Irfan (knowledge in Arabic), which in Persian started to be regarded as (knowledge, wisdom, words of wisdom), and from this Irfanah was formed as the singular form of Irfan, to mean “one word of wisdom”, “an example of wisdom”.