Given name · also Turkish
Safiye
“pure”
Safiye is a feminine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Safiye goes back to Arabic صَفِيَّة, meaning “pure.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Safiye comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish صفیه (Safiye), from Arabic صَفِيَّة (“pure”); its root is Arabic ص ف و.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Safiye through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 0 boys · 22 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2020. 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.
Safiye’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Safiye shares a linguistic root with SAFIJE. In Turkish usage, Safiye has a conventional equivalent in the French form Sophie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Safiye
- Safiye AliTurkish physician (1891–1952)
- Safiye AylaTurkish singer (1907–1998)
- Safiye ErolTurkish translator and writer (1902–1964)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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