girl name · Source-indexed record
Mataf
مطاف
Mataf is an indirect Quranic name for boys and girls that means place of tawaf (a place where people perform circumambulation, which refers to the courtyard of the Holy Sanctuary in Mecca, Saudi Arabia), a place that is visited often.
- Arabic spelling
- مطاف
- Pronunciation
- MAH-tahfAuto-generated reading guide
- Origin
- QuranicSource-stated
- Gender
- girl
- First letter
- M
- Source
- Muslim Names Dataset (CC0 1.0)
About Mataf
Mataf is listed in the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset as a female name. The source records its meaning as “Mataf is an indirect Quranic name for boys and girls that means place of tawaf (a place where people perform circumambulation, which refers to the courtyard of the Holy Sanctuary in Mecca, Saudi Arabia), a place that is visited often.”. Its origin label is stated directly in the source text. 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.