Nafiz
given name · Latin script
Meaning: 1. Delip geçen. 2. İçe işleyen, giren
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/nˈafɪz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nafiz is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country.
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 13K(inferred from the name graph)
- ALAlbania1 in 75K
- XKKosovo≈1 in 78K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 89 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
≈6,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Türkiye, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
1. Delip geçen. 2. İçe işleyen, giren. 3. Etkili, sözü geçen.
Sources 1
- TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nafiz counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR Türkiye | ≈6,200 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Nafiz | 53 |
| DE Germany | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 281K | — | Nafiz | 43 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 118K | — | Nafiz | 14 |
| US United States | 159 | 1 in 2.1M | 152 | Nafiz | 89 |
| JO Jordan | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 95K | — | Nafiz | 6 |
| AL Albania | 41 | 1 in 75K | 41 | — | — |
| XK Kosovo | ≈25 est. | ≈1 in 78K | 21 | — | 2 |
| CY Cyprus | ≈15 est. | ≈1 in 84K | — | Nafiz | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Nafiz Aktınb. 1879TRTurkish statesperson (1879–1962)
- Nafiz Gürmanb. 1882TRTurkish general and statesperson (1882–1966)
- Ahmet Nafiz Özalpb. 1889TRTurkish statesperson (1889–1955)
- Hamit Nafiz Pamirb. 1893TRTurkish geologist (1892–1976)
- Nafiz Tahralıb. 1908TRTurkish statesperson (1908–1992)
- Nafiz Körezb. 1909TRTurkish physician and statesperson (1909–1993)
- Nafiz Bezhanib. 1928ALAlbanian judge
- Nafiz Kurtb. 1930TRTurkish statesperson (1930–2011)
- Can Pakerb. 1942TRnot in their usual nameTurkish businessperson (1942–2023)
- Nafiz Kayalıb. 1955TRTurkish statesperson (born 1955)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 152 | #43,957 |
| AL Albania | INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts) | — | 41 | #4,870 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | — | 21 | #5,907 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 7 | #43,957 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2000 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1992 | 5 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1946 | 2 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 2024 | 1 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 2004 | 1 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1995 | 1 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1989 | 1 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1984 | 1 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Nafiz?
- A machine transcription gives /nˈafɪz/ (IPA) for Turkish.
- What does the name Nafiz mean?
- Recorded meaning: 1. Delip geçen. 2. İçe işleyen, giren.
- Is Nafiz a male or female name?
- Nafiz is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Nafiz have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6.2 thousand people named Nafiz in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nafiz.
- How common is the name Nafiz?
- In the United States, the national register counted 159 people named Nafiz in 2020, about 1 in 2.1 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nafizThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nafiz”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.