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 [ syll. sa-fi-ya, saf-iya ] The girl name Safiya 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 the name. Safiya is an uncommon baby name for girls. It is not in the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Safiya include the English Sabia, the Arabic Sabiya, the Arabic Sabiyah, the Swahili Saffiya, the Arabic Safia, 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 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)"   |
