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Saffiya - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Saffiya

[ syll. saf-fi-ya, sa-ff-iya ] The girl name Saffiya is pronounced SAEF-iyYah KEY. Saffiya's language of origin is Kiswahili and it is predominantly used in the Swahili language. The name is of the meaning 'trustworthy friend'.

Saffiya is a rarely used baby name for girls. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Saffiya include Sabia (English), Sabiya (Arabic), Sabiyah (Arabic), Safia (Arabic), Safiya (Arabic and Swahili), Sheeva (English), Sibella (Italian), Sofia (English, German, Italian, and Scandinavian), Sofiya (Russian), Sofía (Spanish), Sofya (Russian and Turkish), Sophea (Italian), Sophia (English, German, Greek, Italian, and Russian), Saba (Arabic), Sabah (Arabic), Sabaya (Arabic), Sabha (English), Safa (Arabic and Iranian), Savya (Russian), and Shaba (Spanish).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Saffiya: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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Meaning of Saffiya