Given name
Zafirah
“she who is victorious; successful”
Zafirah is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “she who is victorious; successful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “she who is victorious; successful.”
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 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zafirah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 194
- 0 boys · 194 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,442 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −44%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,442 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zafirah’s family of names
Zafirah has a related form in Zafeina. Zafirah has a related form in Zafeinah. Zafirah has a related form in Zafeira.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 18
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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