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Afra
Say it: AH-fruh
Meaning
Latin, 'African woman'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Honoured mainly in southern Germany; very rare as a given name today.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 160 babies given this name since 1979
- At its height in 2006, about 1 in 135,700 girls
- 9 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
Used by
The family of the name
| German | Afra |
|---|---|
| Italian | Afra |
Famous bearers
- Afra of Augsburg, martyr in the persecution of Diocletian
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.