Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Asalin sunan Berber na asali, "Anfa" (ma'ana: "dutsen" a Turanci), mutanen yankin sun yi amfani da shi har zuwa girgizar kasa ta 1755
Ya hallaka birnin. Lokacin da Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah ya sake gina garin garin, ya ba shi suna "ad-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ" (ad-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ) fassarar fassarar "Casablanca" a cikin Larabci. Sojojin Faransa sun mamaye garin a shekara ta 1907 kuma sun karɓi sunan Mutanen Espanya, "Casablanca". Sunan "Anfa" yanzu yana nufin wani yanki a cikin Casablanca, dan kadan Yammacin karni na 18 na medina.