boy name · Source-indexed record
Istifa
اصطفى
To choose, to prefer, to give prefer to one over the other.
- Arabic spelling
- اصطفى
- Pronunciation
- ihs-TEE-fahAuto-generated reading guide
- Origin
- ArabicLinguistic inference
- Gender
- boy
- First letter
- I
- Source
- Muslim Names Dataset (CC0 1.0)
About Istifa
Istifa is listed in the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset as a male name. The source records its meaning as “To choose, to prefer, to give prefer to one over the other.”. Its origin label is inferred from the published script or etymological signal. Its reader-friendly phonetic spelling is generated deterministically from the published transliteration and should be reviewed for names with complex or region-specific pronunciation.
Meaning and Arabic spelling are sourced from the Muslim Names Dataset or, where provided, the record-specific provenance URL. Origin labels are source-stated where available or transparently inferred from the published script or etymological signal. Phonetic respellings are generated reading guides, not native-speaker recordings. See Sources & methodology for data limitations.