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Boy name Arabic origin Muslim tradition

Irfan

ir-FAHN · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
knowledge; awareness; gnosis
Language
Arabic
Culture
Arab/Islamic
Religion
Muslim
Style era
timeless
Themes
wisdom · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#5509
2024 births17
Peak year2023
First appeared1969
Total US births667
2023 peak19691983199720102024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Irf
Alternate spellings
ErfanIrfaan
In other languages
Irfan (Turkish)Erfan (Persian)

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