indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Gender Masculine
Usage Malay
Scripts شافعي(Malay Jawi)
Other Forms FormsSyafii, Syafi'i, Shafiee, Syafie
Meaning & History
From Arabic شافعي (Shāfiʿī), the name of one of the four schools of thought (madhhab) in Sunni Islam, which was named in honour of its founder, Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i.