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Safiya - Origin and Meaning of the name

 
 


The girl name Safiya [ syll. sa-fi-ya, saf-iya ] is pronounced as SahFiyYah KEY. Safiya is mainly used in Arabic and Swahili, and it is of Arabic origin. Derived literally from the element 'safiya'. The Arabic name Safia is a variant form of Safiya.

Safiya is an uncommon baby name for girls. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Safiya include the Arabic Safia, 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 Safiya: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.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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