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Asif

/AA-sif/Hausa & Swahili · a boy’s name

Traditionally associated with Asif, the learned minister of Prophet Sulayman; the name is not literally the Arabic word for ‘wise.’

In Hausa

How to say it
AA-sif
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Niger
How common
uncommon

In Swahili

How to say it
AH-sif
Given to
Boys
Used in
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
How common
uncommon