Forename Safia

Worldwide, Safia (صفية , Safia , صفيه ) is a widespread female first name. The first name Safia is characteristic of Somalia, where it is a common principally feminine, but very seldom boy's name, Algeria, where it is quite a common predominantly feminine, but very seldom male name, and Sudan (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in India, Somalia, and Pakistan. Much less frequently, Safia is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Safia

name Sáfia, name Sâfia, name صفيه, name Сафіа, name Safîa, name Sâfïa, name Safia, name Сафиа, name صافية, name سافيا, name Safía, name Safiya, name Сафия, name সাফিয়া, name Сафья, name Sàfià, name Saphïa, name Sàfia, name صفیه, name Šafia, name Sàfîà, name Сафя, name صفية, name Safïa

VARIANT	COUNTRY
صفية	Egypt, Yemen, Sudan, Iraq, Jordan
Safia	Algeria, India, Pakistan, Tanzania, Somalia
صفيه	Palestinian Territory, Egypt, Iran, Yemen, Sudan
Сафия	Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia

First names said to be same

Safiya, Safía, Safîa, Safïa, Saphïa, Sàfia, Sàfià, Sàfîà, Sáfia, Sâfia, Sâfïa, Šafia, Сафиа, Сафья, Сафя, Сафіа, سافيا, صافية, صفیه, and সাফিয়া

Notable namesakes

	safia shah British writer, editor, television news producer, independent retailer, GB (b. 1966)
	safia hayat Urdu and Punjabi poet, PK (b. 1969)
	safia otokoré French politician, FR (b. 1970)
	safia lebdi French politician, FR (b. 1974)
	safia monney French-German actor, FR (b. 1985)
	safia ahmed jan Women's rights advocate from Afghanistan (1941-2006), AF (b. 1941)
	safia nolin Canadian singer-songwriter, CA (b. 1992)
	safia ketou 20th-century Algerian poet, playwright, and science-fiction writer, DZ (b. 1944)
	safia muzzammil (b. 1939)
	safia salih Moroccan taekwondo practitioner, MA
	safia mohammed Kenyan basketball player (1962-), KE (b. 1962)
	safia elmi djibril djiboutian politician and women's rights activist, DJ (b. 1963)
	safia minney English businesswoman, author (b. 1964)
	safia hamoudi chemical engineer, researcher and university professor, CA (b. 1965)
	safia juuko nalule Ugandan Legislator, UG (b. 1966)

Forename Safia

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Safia

First names said to be same

Notable namesakes

Characteristic surnames