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Nafissatou

/nah-fee-sah-TOO/Fulani & Wolof · a girl’s name

“Precious and exquisite”

In Fulani

How to say it
nah-fee-sah-TOO
Given to
Girls
Used in
Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea, Mali
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Nafissatou

Nicknames & short forms

Nafi

From the same family

01Nafi“A West African female short form of Nafisa/Nafissatou; consequently associated with “precious” or “valuable,” rather than the Arabic masculine name Nafiʿ (“beneficial”).”Fulanifemale→︎02Nafisa“Precious and exquisite”Fulanifemale→︎

In Wolof

How to say it
nah-fee-sah-TOO
Given to
Girls
Used in
Senegal, Gambia
How common
common

From the same family

01Nafi“A precious and worthy woman”Woloffemale→︎