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Safia

By Sangeetha Sivaguru Senior Content Specialist
Updated: Aug 3, 2024 | 👁️ 25 Views | 🔊 16 Pronunciations
✔️ Fact Checked by Olivia Musembi (Senior Content Writer)

Gender: Female

Origin: Arabic

Meaning: Pure or clean; associated with friendship and serenity.

Pronunciation: sah-FEE-ah, /səˈfiːə/, S EY F IY AH

Popularity Rank: #4,382

On this page:

  • 1. Safia Meanings
  • 2. Safia Pronunciation Guide
  • 3. Record your pronunciation of Safia
  • 4. Translations of Safia
  • 5. Safia Name Popularity
  • 6. Safia popularity in U.S.
  • 7. Famous People with Name Safia
  • 8. Nicknames for Safia
  • 9. Safia Name Poster
  • 10. Names similar to Safia

Safia Meanings

  • Pure or clean; associated with friendship and serenity.
    💎 40
    sangeetha on July 29, 2024
  • Nice
  • Gentle
  • Loving
  • Caring
  • Beautiful
  • A Gift Giving from God as a Beautiful Loving
  • Kind Flower
  • Rose
  • Origin - Arabic

Derived from the Arabic word 'safi' which means 'pure' or 'clean'. It is also associated with the concept of 'friendship' and 'serenity'.

The name Safia is of Arabic origin and means Pure or clean; associated with friendship and serenity., Nice, Gentle, Loving, Caring, Beautiful, A Gift Giving from God as a Beautiful Loving, Kind Flower, Rose. It is often used as a Female name and is mostly used as a First Name.

Safia is commonly found in Morocco, France, Algeria, and 75 more countries.

Safia Pronunciation Guide

Phonetic Pronunciation: sah-FEE-ah

IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet): /səˈfiːə/

ARPAbet Phonetic Pronunciation: S EY F IY AH

S: Pronounce as in "sit" (S IH T)

EY: Pronounce as in "they" (DH EY)

F: Pronounce as in "fish" (F IH SH)

IY: Pronounce as in "see" (S IY)

AH: Pronounce as in "but" (B AH T)

This pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET system, a phonetic notation developed by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) for speech recognition systems. Each ARPABET symbol corresponds to a distinct sound in English. For example, 'JH' represents the sound as in 'joke,' 'AA' represents the sound as in 'father,' and 'N' represents the sound as in 'no.'

The pronunciation guide was generated using the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, a public domain resource for phonetic pronunciations of words.

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Translations of Safia

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Safia Name Popularity

At NamesLook, the name Safia is recorded 13,667 times globally, ranking it as the 4,382th most common name worldwide.

Safia is most prevalent in Morocco, with 2,353 occurrences, making it the 741th most popular name in the country.

In Morocco, the name Safia is found among 1 in every 448 people, showcasing its highest frequency there.

Safia Popularity by Country

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CountryRankFrequency
Morocco#7411 : 448
France#1,2101 : 686
Algeria#7741 : 721
Egypt#2,1801 : 1,417
Tunisia#9391 : 713
Saudi Arabia#3,6831 : 3,751
United States of America#5,3941 : 3,985
Sudan#2,1081 : 3,402
United Kingdom#2,4841 : 1,651
United Arab Emirates#3,2221 : 4,235
Belgium#1,7791 : 1,301
Oman#2,7051 : 3,172
Bangladesh#2,3901 : 2,755
Canada#2,4661 : 1,914
Italy#7,2791 : 7,124
Malaysia#7,0271 : 12,760
Ghana#8371 : 1,327
South Africa#9,0841 : 18,319
Syrian Arab Republic#4,7501 : 4,328
Netherlands#4,0081 : 3,215
Libya#3,5291 : 5,889
Kuwait#4,4791 : 7,206
Spain#6,1781 : 7,650
Qatar#3,6901 : 5,862
Lebanon#2,4021 : 2,619
Yemen#4,4401 : 7,863
Bahrain#2,6121 : 4,569
Palestine#5,8861 : 5,627
Russia#7,1671 : 7,534
Nigeria#11,1751 : 24,160
Israel#7,3201 : 7,198
Cameroon#3,8851 : 9,705
Iraq#20,7791 : 29,297
Germany#7,6861 : 9,168
Colombia#20,3111 : 33,938
Jordan#5,6581 : 8,545
Turkey#17,8281 : 32,702
India#14,5871 : 30,132
Denmark#1,8071 : 3,053
Norway#1,6321 : 2,845
Sweden#2,8391 : 3,392

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Safia popularity in U.S.

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This chart displays the ranking of the name Safia from 1980 to 2023, based on the most recent data from the U.S. Social Security Administration.

Famous People with Name Safia

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Nicknames for Safia

Safiadorable, Safia Charm, SmartSafia, CutieSafia, Safia Belle, FunnySafia, CharmingSafia, IntelligentSafia, Beautysafia, AdoraSafia

Safia Name Poster

Safia Name Poster
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Names similar to Safia

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