Given name
Sapphira
“one who is beautiful”·“a precious gem”
Sapphira is a variant of Sapphire. Interpretations include “one who is beautiful” and “a precious gem”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Original GreekΣαπφειρη
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sapphira 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
Sapphira is a variant of Sapphire. Sapphire has been associated with Arabic and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Sapphira appears in Acts 5:1.
From biblical name research
Sapphira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 879
- 0 boys · 879 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 62 babies
- 2025
- 43
- #3,567 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 43 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,567 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 12.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 62 in 2018. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 572 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.
Sapphira’s family of names
Sapphira has a related form in Sapphire. In English usage, Sapphira has a conventional equivalent in the Cherokee form ᏌᏉᎵ.
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 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.