Given name
Sabira
“resembling the cactus fruit; to rest”·“having great patience”
Sabira is a variant of Sabra. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling the cactus fruit; to rest.” Sabira is a variant of Sabirah. One Arabic interpretation is “having great patience.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sabira is a variant of Sabra. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling the cactus fruit; to rest.” Sabira is a variant of Sabirah. One Arabic interpretation is “having great patience.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sabira is a variant of Sabra. An origin associated with Sabra is Hebrew. Sabira is a variant of Sabirah. An origin associated with Sabirah is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sabira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 57
- 0 boys · 57 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,939 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,939 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 414 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sabira’s family of names
Sabira has a related form in Sabra. Sabira has a related form in Sabirah. In Bashkir usage, Sabira is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Сабира.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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