Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Arabic, Indonesian, Malay Scripts حنيفة(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. /ħa.ˈniː.fa/(Arabic) /ha.ˈni.fah/(Indonesian) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Alternate transcription of Arabic حنيفة (see Hanifa), as well as an Indonesian and Malay variant. It is sometimes used as a masculine name in Malaysia as a form of Abu Hanifa.