Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Malay, Azerbaijani
Scripts حافظ, حفيظ (Arabic) حافظ (Urdu) Pron. /ˈħaː.fiðʕ/ (Arabic) /ħa.ˈfiːðʕ/ (Arabic) [key ·simplify]
Note In Azerbaijani this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as HAFİZ in uppercase and hafiz in lowercase.
Meaning & History
Means "preserver, guardian, keeper" in Arabic, a derivative of حفظ (ḥafiẓa) meaning "to preserve, to protect" [1] . This transcription represents two related yet distinct Arabic names: حافظ , in which the first vowel is long, and حفيظ , in which the second vowel is long. In Islamic tradition الحفيظ (al-Ḥafīẓ) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
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Sources & References
- Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 220.
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Entry updated May 26, 2026