Given name & surname
Seif
“wielding a sword of faith”
Seif is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “wielding a sword of faith.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “wielding a sword of faith.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Seif through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 275
- 275 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,393 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,393 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 1.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 413 as a first name in 2020; 1,422 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Seif’s family of names
Seif has a related form in Saif. Seif has a related form in Sayf. Seif has a related form in Saef.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Seif
- Seif EissaEgyptian taekwondo practitionerborn 1998
- Seif el-Din el-ZoubiIsraeli Arab politician1913–1986
- Seif Sharif HamadFirst Vice President of Zanzibar (1943-2021)
- Seif El-DeraaEgyptian handball playerborn 1998
- Seif WanlyEgyptian painter (1906-1979)
- Seif TekaTunisian association football playerborn 1991
- Seif HeneidaQatari athleteborn 2005
- Seif Asser SherifEgyptian trampoline gymnastborn 1995
- Seif KadhimSwedish association football playerborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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