An Arabic name with two possible meanings, depending on which root your follow, Taif is both a spiritual name in both senses of the word. On one hand, it can come from tayf meaning "ghost, visitation, wraith", while on the other, it can come from taafa meaning "to walk around, to circle something". More broadly, this refers to the performance of Tawaf, an important part of an Islamic pilgrimage in which pilgrims walk round the Holy Ka'abah seven times anti-clockwise. 
 
Taif is a unisex name, however in some places it may lean more masculine and in others more feminine. In Pakistan, India, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sweden and Turkey it is predominantly used as a boy name.

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Taif

An Arabic name with two possible meanings, depending on which root your follow, Taif is both a spiritual name in both senses of the word. On one hand, it can come from tayf meaning "ghost, visitation, wraith", while on the other, it can come from taafa meaning "to walk around, to circle something". More broadly, this refers to the performance of Tawaf, an important part of an Islamic pilgrimage in which pilgrims walk round the Holy Ka'abah seven times anti-clockwise. Taif is a unisex name, however in some places it may lean more masculine and in others more feminine. In Qatar, Thailand, Oman, and Egypt it is more often used as a girl name.

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