Given name · also Arabic
Sapphire
“one who is beautiful”·“a precious gem”
Sapphire is used as a given name. Interpretations include “one who is beautiful” and “a precious gem”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who is beautiful” and “a precious gem”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Arabic and English naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sapphire through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,048
- 0 boys · 5,048 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 301 babies
- 2025
- 233
- #1,058 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +28%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 233 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,058 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 28.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (22). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,812 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.
Sapphire’s family of names
In English usage, Sapphire has a diminutive in Saffie. Sapphire has a related form in Sapphira. Sapphire has a related form in Safira.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Sapphiravariant
- Safiravariant
- Sapphyrevariant
- Safirevariant
- Saffirevariant
- Saffiediminutive · English
- Saffydiminutive · English
- Safyrevariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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