Nayif

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Nayif is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country. Recorded meaning: excess, surplus. See Fayz 4a.

rarermore common
  • SYSyria≈1 in 23K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 66K
  • OMOman≈1 in 51K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,200 people, est.

Sources
34 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 23K (inferred from the name graph)

Syria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

excess, surplus. See Fayz 4a. (fayd), Ziyada 345

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nayif 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.

Where Nayif is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye≈1,200 est.≈1 in 66KNayif21
SY Syria≈840 est.≈1 in 23KNayif8
SA Saudi Arabia≈330 est.≈1 in 104KNayif34
JO Jordan≈100 est.≈1 in 107KNayif13
OM Oman≈91 est.≈1 in 51KNayif7

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.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Nayif is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Pashto given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria, Iraq

    Also written Nāyif

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)

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

Where does the name Nayif come from?
excess, surplus. See Fayz 4a. (fayd), Ziyada 345 Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
What does the name Nayif mean?
Recorded meaning: excess, surplus. See Fayz 4a.
Is Nayif a male or female name?
Nayif 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 Nayif have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 thousand people named Nayif in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nayif.
How common is the name Nayif?
Mondonomo estimates about 1,200 people in Türkiye have Nayif as their first given name, about 1 in 66 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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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, “Nayif”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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