Shifa

• Origin: Arabic شِفَاء
• Meaning: “cure, remedy; healing.”
• Gender: feminine

The name comes from the Arabic الشفاء (al-Shifaa), meaning, “cure, remedy, healing.”

Al-Shifaa bint Abdullah, nee Layla, was a companion of the prophet Muhammed. She was known as a healer, which is how she ended up with the sobriquet, Al-Shifaa, and is said to have taught literacy to the population of Medina.

A Maghrebi transliteration is Chifa.

Sources

• https://quranicnames.com/shifa/
• https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/shifa/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shifa%27_bint_Abdullah
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shifa_(disambiguation)
• https://www.behindthename.com/name/shifa/submitted