Safiyyah - Meaning of Safiyyah

What does Safiyyah mean?

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Safiyyah

[ 3 syll. sa-fiy-yah, saf-iyy-ah ] The baby girl name Safiyyah is pronounced Saa-FIY-Yaa- or SAA-Fiy-Yaa- †. Safiyyah's language of origin is Arabic and it is also predominantly used in Arabic. The name Safiyyah means 'pure; sincere friend'. The name was borne by one of the wives of the prophet Muhammad. Safiyyah is the feminine form of the African, Arabic, and Swahili Safi.

Forms of the name include the Arabic Safia, the Arabic and Swahili Safiya, the Arabic Safiyya, and the Arabic Safya.

See also the related categories, prophet (prophetess), pure, wives (sister), and arabic.

Safiyyah is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Safiyyah include Safia, Safiya, Safiyah, Safiyya, Sofiya, Sabee, Sabiha, Sabiya, Saffi, Saffie, Savanneh, Sebeea, Siphiwe, Sofya, Suuvi, Saba, Sabah, Sabe, Sabey, and Sabi.

† English pronunciation for Safiyyah: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)"