Given name

Sabirah

“having great patience”

Sabirah is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “having great patience.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Arabic interpretation is “having great patience.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Sabirah through the years

Babies since 1880
65
0 boys · 65 girls
Most popular year
2004
8 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Sabirah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2000–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Sabirah’s family of names

Sabirah has a related form in Sabira. Sabirah has a related form in Saabira. Sabirah has a related form in Sabeara.

Walk Sabirah’s family in the name graph

SabirahSabiraSaabiraSabyraSabeiraSabeeraSabearaSabeerraSabyrraSabirraSabiera

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 10

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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