In the entire world, Safaye (Saphie 
, Safaye 
) is a rare dominantly female, but uncommonly male forename. The given name Safaye is characteristic of Gambia, where it is quite a rare masculine name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare female name, and France, where it is a very rare girly name. Likewise, Safaye is the last name as well as the forename.