Nafisa
Nafisa is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
Nafisa comes from Arabic ( Arabic نفيسة, DMG Nafīsa “valuable object , precious stone”). A West African variant of the name is Nafissatou .
Name bearers
- Nafisa Joseph (1978-2004) Indian model and video jockey at MTV India
- Nafisa Muminova (* 1990), Uzbek chess player
- Nafisa at-Tahira ( Arabic السيدة نفيسة الطاهرة, DMG as-sayyida Nafīsa aṭ-Ṭāhira ; 760-825), a popular saint especially in Egypt (Islam)
family name
- Shaye Musa Al-Nafisa (* 1962), Saudi Arabian soccer player
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nafisa on vornames-weltweit.de
- ↑ Nafisah / Nafeesa on sudairy.com ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
