Afra

[æf.rə]

Background Story

Afra has no documented meaning as a name in the sources checked. It is not a figure in Islamic lore; no reference work records such a figure.

Alternate transcription of Arabic علياء, عالية or عليّة; also an Old German form of Ella

From an old Indo-Iranian root meaning "Aryan, noble"

Recorded as a feminine given name in Pakistani use

Given name in India for boys and girls; Russian diminutive of Avdey and Avdiky

Recorded as a feminine given name in Maghrebi Arabic

Japanese: 愛 (ai) "love" with 莉 (ri) "white jasmine" or 梨 (ri) "pear"; Finnish: from airut "messenger, herald"

The Hebrew name for the city of Acre in Israel

A variation of the name Ali, which means exalted or noble

The Hungarian form of Alice, from the Old German for 'of noble kind'.