Given name
Saphyre
“resembling a sapphire”
Saphyre is a variant of Sapir. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a sapphire.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Saphyre is a variant of Sapir. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a sapphire.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Saphyre is a variant of Sapir. An origin associated with Sapir is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saphyre through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 139
- 0 boys · 139 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,759 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,759 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 2015.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Saphyre’s family of names
Saphyre has a related form in Sapir.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
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