Africa name - Meaning of Africa

Africa name - Meaning of Africa

Gender

Masculine & Feminine

Lucky Number

11

Usage

African American (Rare), Irish, Scottish, English, Latin

Pronounced

AF-ri-kə

Africa Meaning

From the name of the continent, which is of Latin origin, possibly from the Afri people who lived near Carthage in North Africa. This rare name is used most often by African-American parents. Anglicized form of Aifric. The exact meaning of the name Africa is uncertain, although we all know that it stands for the continent of Africa. The closest hypothesis, however, is that the Romans used to call the "Carthaginians" Ifri. In Latin, which was the language used by literate Romans, the suffix "ca" meant "land". The meaning of the name as "cave", however, is from its roots in the Berber language, where "Ifri" means "cave".