Throughout the world, Salifa (Salifa 
, สาลิฟา ) is a rare dominantly girly, but uncommonly boy's forename. The first name Salifa is characteristic of Philippines, where it is a very rare predominantly feminine, but very seldom boy's name, Nigeria, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name, and India, where it is a very rare predominantly girly, but very infrequently boy's name. Also, Salifa is the last name as well as the forename.