Given name
Safira
“one who is beautiful”·“a precious gem”
Safira is a variant of Sapphire. Interpretations include “one who is beautiful” and “a precious gem”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Safira is a variant of Sapphire. Interpretations include “one who is beautiful” and “a precious gem”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Safira is a variant of Sapphire. Sapphire has been associated with Arabic and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Probably from Italian Saffira, from Ancient Greek Σαπφειρη.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Safira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 297
- 0 boys · 297 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 30
- #4,647 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +53%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,647 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 53.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 312 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.
Safira’s family of names
Safira has a related form in Sapphire. In Indonesian usage, Safira has a related form in SYAFIRA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.