Name

Name AFRICA

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 9,487 births of Africa in the countries below, which represents an average of 67 births of children bearing the first name Africa per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 538 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Africa
In Italiano

Nome Africa

Available variant : África

Information about the first name Africa

The first name Africa has been assigned to:

0.00% to boys
100.00% to girls

The country where the first name Africa is the most common is:

Spain

This first name is on trend: Female

This first name has 6 letters including 3 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Africa

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Africa : Faraci, Farica, Fiacra, Fracia, Raafic

Africa in Japanese ^*

Romaji	afuraika
Katakana	アフライカ
Hiragana	あふらいか
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Africa in sign language

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Africa in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Africa

English

Etymology

From Middle English Affrike, from Old French Affrique, Affrike, from Latin Āfrica, from Āfrī, singular Āfer (inhabitant of the country of Carthage), in turn either from:
The Punic or Phoenician word 𐤏𐤐𐤓‎ (ʿpr /⁠ʿafar⁠/, “dust”), which has cognates in other Semitic languages.
The Berber word ifri (“cave”), plural ifran, in reference to cave dwellers of Tunisia (see Tataouine).
Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + φρίκη f (phríkē), meaning "without cold"
Latin aprica (“sunny”).

Alternative forms

Afrika (sometimes used in AAVE)
Affrike (archaic)
Afric (poetic, archaic)
Africk (obsolete)
Afficky (obsolete)

Anagrams

AFAICR, Faraci

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kə/
(General South African) IPA(key): /ɛfrɨkə/

Proper noun

Africa
The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.
the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa
Synonym: (sometimes offensive, dated, informal) Dark Continent
(nonstandard, proscribed) Sub-Saharan Africa, contrasted with the Maghreb.
(historical) A province of the Roman Empire containing what is now modern Tunisia and portions of Libya.
A surname.

Proper noun (Descendants)

→ Swahili: Afrika

Proper noun (Hyponyms)

Subsahara

Proper noun (Related terms)

Africanish
Afrikaans
Apefrica
Apefrican

General

Proper noun

Āfrica f sg (genitive Āfricae); first declension
Northwestern Africa, the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of the Nile
Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens (Pliny 5, 9, 10, § 53)
Africa (a province of the Roman Empire) (later split into Africa Zeugitana and Africa Byzacena under Diocletian)
Africa as a continent, understood as the quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean

Proper noun (Related terms)

african

Proper noun (See also)

(continents) continent; Africa, America (America de Nord, America de Sud), Antarctica, Asia, Europa, Oceania (Category: ro:Continents)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Africa.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈa.fri.ka/
Hyphenation: A‧fri‧ca

Latin

Etymology

Feminine of āfricus/Āfricus, as a noun elliptic of terra āfrica/Āfrica (literally “the African land”). The adjective Āfricus comes from the name of the Āfrī (singular Āfer), a tribal people of the area near Carthage, by addition of the suffix -icus.
The Latin term formed alongside Greek ἡ Ἀφρική (hē Aphrikḗ), both terms being attested since the first century.

Adjective

āfricā
ablative feminine singular of āfricus

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.fri.ka/, [ˈäːfrɪkä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.fri.ka/, [ˈäːfrikä]

Proper noun (Declension)

First-declension noun, singular only.

Proper noun (Descendants)

→ Corsican: Africa
→ English: AfricaTok Pisin: Afrika
→ Malay: Afrika
→ Italian: Africa
→ Old French: AffriqueFrench: Afrique
Norman: Afrique
→ Romanian: Africa

Proper noun (Related terms)

āfricānus
āfricus

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Africa.

Adjective

africa f sg
feminine singular of africo

Anagrams

Faraci, farcia

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈa.fri.ka/
Rhymes: -afrika
Hyphenation: À‧fri‧ca

Popularity of the name Africa

Number of AFRICA births per year

Popularity of the name Africa

Total births of Africa by country

		Births with the first name Africa
Country		Boys Girls
	Spain 2002 - 2021	0 9,200
	United State of America 1880 - 2022	0 147
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	0 46
	France 1900 - 2022	0 30
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2021	0 27
	Switzerland 1909 - 2021	0 22
	Italy 1999 - 2021	0 9
	Germany 2000 - 2022	0 3
	Austria 1984 - 2021	0 1
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	0 1
	Denmark 1985 - 2022	0 1