Sapphire

Sapphire: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “blue gemstone”
Origin: Greek
Say it: SAF-eye-ur · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

Sapphire comes through Greek sappheiros, the ancient name of a precious blue stone. As a given name, it belongs to the gemstone-name group.

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How popular is Sapphire?

202473.0 per million US babies

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Babies named Sapphire in 2024242

2024 rank#1,036 girls

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 18804,806

Sapphire is rising: use over the last five years is 2.3× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Sapphire

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Sapphire questions

What does the name Sapphire mean?

Sapphire means "blue gemstone". It comes from Greek. Sapphire comes through Greek sappheiros, the ancient name of a precious blue stone. As a given name, it belongs to the gemstone-name group.

Is Sapphire a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Sapphire?

242 US babies were named Sapphire in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Sapphire?

Sapphire is usually pronounced SAF-eye-ur.

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.