Name: Safia
Gender: Female
Usage: Safia, of arabic origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Safia are in general originating from France, Saudi Arabia.
Variants: For another variant of the name Safia across the world, see Safiyya.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Safia is: Sincere friend, The confidante.
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Numerology of the first name Safia: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Safia is ranked on the 7,687th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 35200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Safia has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Safia for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Safia is a feminine Arabic name meaning "purity", and is used in everyday language to talk about something pure.
In Muslim countries, this name is associated with pure beauty, or with kindness and generosity.
In West Africa, this name is often transformed into Safiata and Safiatou.
It is possible, without absolute proof, that this name comes from the Greek sophia (wisdom).
Safiya is also a variant of this name and means "a chosen or elected person". One of the Prophet Muhammad's wives was called that.
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