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Safia - Origin and Meaning of the name

 
 


The girl name Safia [ syll. sa-fia, saf-ia ] is pronounced SEYFiyah KEY. Safia has its origins in the Arabic language and it is also used largely in Arabic. Safia is a variant form of the Arabic and Swahili Safiya.

Safia is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Safia include the Arabic and Swahili Safiya, the Italian Sibella, the German, Italian, and Scandinavian Sofia, the Russian Sofiya, the Spanish Sofía, the English, German, Greek, Italian, and Russian Sophia, the Arabic and Iranian Safa, the Czech, Dutch, German, and Scandinavian Sofie, the English, French, and German Sophie, the English Sophy, the Finnish and Scandinavian Suvi, the German and Italian Sveva, the English Sib, the English Sibb, and the Scandinavian Svea.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Safia: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


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