Shifa
/SH-IH-F-AA/
Healing and cure, a restoration to wholeness, from the Arabic shifa. The Quran calls itself a shifa, a healing for what is in the hearts, anchoring the name to spiritual as well as bodily mending, so the bearer carries the gentle work of making broken things whole again.
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Meaning & origin
Yes — Shifa is a Muslim girl name of Urdu origin, meaning “Healing and cure, a restoration to wholeness, from the Arabic shifa. The Quran calls itself a shifa, a healing for what is in the hearts, anchoring the name to spiritual as well as bodily mending, so the bearer carries the gentle work of making broken things whole again.”.
Shifa is a girl's name of Urdu origin, traditionally used in Muslim families. The name means "Healing and cure, a restoration to wholeness, from the Arabic shifa. The Quran calls itself a shifa, a healing for what is in the hearts, anchoring the name to spiritual as well as bodily mending, so the bearer carries the gentle work of making broken things whole again." and belongs to the Peace cluster — names meaning calm, serenity, and inner stillness.
Common among Indian, Pakistani, American, British, Bangladeshi families, Shifa carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.
Shifa's roots in Arabic & Islamic tradition
Shifa carries meaning rooted in Arabic and the wider Islamic tradition (Urdu) — “Healing and cure, a restoration to wholeness, from the Arabic shifa. The Quran calls itself a shifa, a healing for what is in the hearts, anchoring the name to spiritual as well as bodily mending, so the bearer carries the gentle work of making broken things whole again.”. Many Muslim families weigh a name's root meaning and the values it carries.
NameRoot shows you the depth. See Shifa's Arabic roots, the values it carries, and how it scores for your family.
See Shifa's full reading →What does Shifa's numerology say?
Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Shifa resonates in either tradition.
Shifa's destiny number is 7 — but a number only matters in context. The app matches it to your family's own numbers for a real compatibility read. See Shifa's full reading →
Does Shifa go with your family's names?
Shifa breaks into 4 sounds: /SH-IH-F-AA/. The real test isn't how it sounds alone — it's how it sounds beside the names already in your family: yours, your partner's, and any brothers or sisters. NameRoot scores that harmony, so Shifa sits naturally next to a Mum and Dad like Michael & Anna, or a big sister named Gianna — no awkward clashes, no two names that blur together. Hear Shifa beside your family's names →
Names similar to Shifa
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Common questions about Shifa
What does the name Shifa mean?
Shifa means "Healing and cure, a restoration to wholeness, from the Arabic shifa. The Quran calls itself a shifa, a healing for what is in the hearts, anchoring the name to spiritual as well as bodily mending, so the bearer carries the gentle work of making broken things whole again.." It is a girl name of Urdu origin, traditionally used in Muslim families.
Is Shifa a boy or girl name?
Shifa is most commonly used as a girl name.
What is the origin of the name Shifa?
Shifa is of Urdu origin, used in Muslim tradition, commonly among Indian, Pakistani, American families.
Is Shifa a Muslim name?
Yes. Shifa is a girl name traditionally used in Muslim families, of Urdu origin.
What does Shifa mean in Urdu?
Shifa originates from Urdu, where it means "Healing and cure, a restoration to wholeness, from the Arabic shifa. The Quran calls itself a shifa, a healing for what is in the hearts, anchoring the name to spiritual as well as bodily mending, so the bearer carries the gentle work of making broken things whole again.."
What is the numerology of Shifa?
Shifa has a Pythagorean destiny number of 7 — introspection and spiritual wisdom.
Is Shifa an Islamic name?
Yes. Shifa is an Arabic girl name meaning "Healing and cure, a restoration to wholeness, from the Arabic shifa. The Quran calls itself a shifa, a healing for what is in the hearts, anchoring the name to spiritual as well as bodily mending, so the bearer carries the gentle work of making broken things whole again.", widely used in Muslim families, including Indian and Pakistani communities.
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