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10/6/2024, 9:08 PM Mike C affan update #116
11/20/2020, 10:29 PM Mike C affan added (from user-submitted name 235257)
7/5/2018, 1:09 PM Evil 235257
7/20/2017, 8:37 AM Evil 235257
6/7/2016, 8:27 PM Frollein Gladys

Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic
Scripts عفّان(Arabic)
Pronounced Pron. /ʕaf.ˈfaːn/

Meaning & History

Means "chaste, modest, pure" in Arabic, from the root عفّ (ʿaffa) meaning "to refrain, to be chaste". This was the name of the father of the caliph Uthman.