Safia name meaning

By Nishant Saini

Updated: May 30th, 2024

Gender: Girl

Origin: Arabic

Usage: Hindi, Arabic, Assamese, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Finnish

Pronunciation: s(a)-fia

Meaning: Nice, Gentle, Loving, Caring, Kind Flower, Rose, Chaste, Lion's Share, Pure, Best Friend, Untroubled, The Favorite, Girlfriend and Serene

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What does Safia mean?
Variations of Safia
How popular is Safia?
Popularity Chart
Similar Names to Safia
Famous People Named Safia
Lists having Safia

What does Safia mean?

Safia means Nice, Gentle, Loving, Caring, Kind Flower, Rose, Chaste, Lion's Share, Pure, Safiya, Untroubled, The Favorite, Girlfriend or Serene is a gender insensitive name is originated from Arabic is chiefly used in Arabic, Gujarati, Marathi, Swedish, Telugu, Danish, French, Tamil, Norwegian, Assamese, Hindi, Kannada and Finnish.

Safia is resulted from Safiyyah. Rare Safiyyah's origin is Arabic is used in Arabic, meaning of Safiyyah is "Lion's Share, Best Friend and Serene".

How do I pronounce Safia?

Two syllabled Safia is pronounced as s(a)-fia.

Variants of Safia

Safiah

How popular is the name Safia?

Safia is common in France where over 6271 new-borns have been given the name since 1949. Recently the name is rising, in 2012, it ranked 290th when 226 parents chose the moniker for their baby girls.

Safia is a familiar baby name in United States, it has been in use since 1975 and was able to reach the top 3000 names. In 2013, it ranked 2796th when 61 girl were named Safia.

Over 1214 people have been named Safia in United States. Also, in England and Wales, it has been in use since 1996 and was able to reach the top 500 names.

In 1999, it achieved its highest ever ranking of 440 on girl names chart when 80 babies were given the name Safia. Over 1312 babies in England and Wales have been named Safia.

Safia is a unique baby name in Belgium, it has been in use since 1995 and was able to reach the top 300 names. In 2012, it achieved its highest ever ranking of 242 on girl names chart when 45 babies were named Safia.

Over 675 people have been named Safia in Belgium. Safia is an uncommon baby name in Ireland still in use today. However things change on global perspective, Safia is extremely popular in Pakistan where every 1 in 2000 have the name.

Also the baby name is popular in Algeria, Bangladesh, Niger, Morocco, Sudan, India, Iraq, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, Chad, Egypt, Yemen, Benin and Libya. At least, 460000 people globally have carried Safia as their given name according to our research.

Year	Rank	Births
2023	2669	65
2022	2779	61
2021	3021	54
2020	3325	46
2019	3380	46
2018	3195	50
2017	3335	47
2016	3010	55
2015	2841	61
2014	2967	57

View more ▾View full list ▾^{[1] Source: Social Security Administration}

Facts

Safia in Nordic countries

Countries	Men		Women
Countries	First Name	Secondary Name	First Name	Secondary Name
	0	5	225	49
	0	0	0	193

Here's what numbers has to say about Safia

Change yourself completely. Be more open-minded and ready to learn new things. You inspire people but can't find a way to inspire yourself to make the first step and show the world what you can do. You are the innovator, the one who organizes parties or sleepovers, and the initiator for doing unusual stuff. You want everyone to admire your personality and envy your life. You are a child of change.

Other names similar to Safia, for would be parents

Linah - The unconventional girl name Linah means "Tender", specifically used in Arabic and English came from English, Hebrew and Slavonic
Gulsan - Meaning of Gulsan is A Flower Garden is primarily used in Gujarati, Tamil and Bengali is a baby boy name
Ieeshia is used prevalently in Arabic and English has origin in Arabic, Ieeshia means "Woman or Life" is used as a baby girl name
Hasrat is used in Arabic and Marathi, Hasrat means "Distress, Grief or Desire" is used as a unisex name
Wardah - Wardah's meaning is Rose has origin in Arabic and Germanic which is especially used in Arabic and Sindhi is aimed at girls

Famous people named Safia

Safia Ahmed-jan, Afghan women's rights advocate and an outspoken critic of the Taliban for the latter's suppression of women
Safia Taleb Ali al-Suhail, Iraqi Sunni Muslim politician
Safia Dirie in Consequences as Writer
Safia El Emari in TV series Al Helmeya Nights as Actress
Safia Al Bagdadi characterized leading role of Gala in 2002 drama film Feiertag.
In 2004, Safia Aggoune portrayed the role of segment "Self Portrait" in comedy, drama film Visions of Europe.

Sources

Social Security Administration, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html
Office for National Statistics, https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths
Central Statistics Office - An Phríomh-Oifig Staidrimh, https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/babynames
Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2540004
Sociale Verzekeringsbank, https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/family-names-and-first-names/first-names-boys-and-girls

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