MONIFA.  African Yoruba name, meaning "I am luck," from mo "I," and ifa "profit, luck." (Grammar and Dictionary of the Yoruba Language, Bowen, 1858).  Usage:  Africa, America, West Indies.
    Monifa Matthew, wife of Taha Abdul-Basser, Muslim Chaplain of Harvard University.  Monifa Jansen, a Miss Universe title-holder from Curaçao.  Monifa Carter, an American R&B singer and songwriter. (Wiki)