Throughout the world, Ганифа (Ганифа 
, Ganifa 
) is a rare largely girly, but uncommonly boy's forename. The given name Ганифа is characteristic of Georgia, where it is a rare largely girly, but seldom boy's name, Kyrgyzstan, where it is a rare unisex name, and Kazakhstan, where it is a rare principally feminine, but very seldom masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Russia, India, and Georgia. Much less frequently, Ганифа is the last name as well as the forename.