Unaif (Name)

Unaif (transliteration: Unayf, Arabic: أنيف) is an Arabic name for boys that means “lord”, “chief”, being the diminutive form of anf (“chief”, “lord”, “first in rank”).¹

Unaif is also spelled as Unayf and Onaif.

There are four Companions of the Prophet Muhammad named Unaif:

• Unaif bin Jashm أنيف بن جشم
• Unaif bin Jusham أنيف بن جشم
• Unaif bin Habeeb أنيف بن حبيب
• Unaif bin Millah al-Judhami أنيف من ملة

Below is the name Unaif written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the name Unaif written in Arabic kufi script:

1. Taaj al-Aroos by Murtada al-Zabidi (d. 1790 CE), entry for أَنف.