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Sifaw

سيفاوIn ArabicⵙⵉⴼⴰⵡIn Tifinagh

Meaning
Probably 'to light up', from the verb sfaw 'to illuminate' (inferred)
About the name
Saïd Sifaw (1946-1994), a poet, writer and Amazigh activist from Jadu in the Nafusa mountains of Libya, died in Tunis; his Tamazight Wikipedia page writes the name ⵙⵉⴼⴰⵡ. The French list of Berber first names gives Sifaw for both sexes.
For
A boy or a girl
Origin
Amazigh
Other spellings
Sifao, Sifaou, Siphaw

Islamic naming guidance

  • Permissible

Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.

Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources

The meaning is inferred: the name lists give none. Haddadou derives related Berber names (Asafu, Mesfaw) from the verb sfaw, 'to illuminate'. Sifaw is also a family name, and the Tifinagh matches the title of the Tamazight Wikipedia page of Saïd Sifaw.

Confidence: low

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