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Shafi Surname Meaning

Muslim (mainly the Indian subcontinent): from a personal name based on Arabic shāfiʿ or shafīʿ ‘intercessor mediator’

(see the Koran 10:3).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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