Globally, اليفة (Alifa 
, اليفة 
) is a common epicene given name. The first name اليفة is habitual in Indonesia, where it is quite a rare dominantly feminine, but uncommonly boy's name, Cameroon, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Tanzania, where it is quite a rare principally male, but very infrequently female name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Indonesia, Bangladesh, and India. Likewise, اليفة is the last name as well as the forename.