Afnān
أَفْنان
Say it af-NAAN
Leafy branches
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- f-n-n
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Afnan
Meaning & source
Branches: afnān is the plural of fanan, “a straight branch”. The Qurʾān describes the two gardens as “full of branches” (55:48).
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والفَنَنُ: الغُصْنُ الْمُسْتَقِيمُ طُولًا وعَرْضاً
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.