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Safia - Origin and Meaning of the name


[ syll. sa-fia, saf-ia ] The girl name Safia 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 English Sabia, the Arabic Sabiya, the Arabic Sabiyah, the Swahili Saffiya, the Arabic and Swahili Safiya, the English Sheeva, the Italian Sibella, the English, German, Italian, and Scandinavian Sofia, the Russian Sofiya, the Spanish Sofía, the Russian and Turkish Sofya, the Italian Sophea, the English, German, Greek, Italian, and Russian Sophia, the Arabic Saba, the Arabic Sabah, the Arabic Sabaya, the English Sabha, the Arabic and Iranian Safa, the Russian Savya, and the Spanish Shaba.

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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