indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Gender Feminine
Usage Arabic, Urdu, Bengali (Muslim)
Scripts عفت(Arabic, Urdu) ইফ্ফাত(Bengali)
Other Forms FormsEffat
Meaning & History
From Arabic عَفَا (ʿafā) meaning "to forgive, to excuse". A notable bearer was Iffat Al-Thunayan (1916–2000), a queen of Saudi Arabia and the wife of King Faisal Al Saud (1906–1975).