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Safiya

Safiya: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“pure; sincere friend”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
suh-FEE-yuh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Safiya is a transliteration of Arabic Safiyya/Ṣafiyyah, from a root meaning pure or chosen friend. It is borne by Safiyya bint Huyayy, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad.

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How popular is Safiya?

202449.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Safiya in 2024162

2024 rank#1,388 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18802,662

Safiya is rising: use over the last five years is 2.2× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Safiya

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Lilahnight · Arabic
  • Lilanight · Arabic
  • Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
  • Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Safiya questions

What does the name Safiya mean?

Safiya means "pure; sincere friend". It comes from Arabic. Safiya is a transliteration of Arabic Safiyya/Ṣafiyyah, from a root meaning pure or chosen friend. It is borne by Safiyya bint Huyayy, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad.

Is Safiya a boy or girl name?

Safiya is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Safiya?

162 US babies were named Safiya in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Safiya?

Safiya is usually pronounced suh-FEE-yuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.