Safaa

given name · Latin script

Meaning: purity, clarity, serenity

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/səfaə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Safaa is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Egypt than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SYSyria≈1 in 1.5K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 2.4K
  • EGEgypt≈1 in 2.6K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Egypt (inferred from the name graph)

≈40,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
178 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Syria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SafaaLatin(measured from records)
СафааCyrillic(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

purity, clarity, serenity. Comp. Safa tae

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Safaa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Safaa is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
EG Egypt#268≈40,000 est.≈1 in 2.6K—Safaa84
MA Morocco#313≈15,000 est.≈1 in 2.4K—Safaa82
SY Syria#172≈13,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Safaa23
JO Jordan#575≈5,800 est.≈1 in 1.9K—Safaa36
SA Saudi Arabia—≈3,300 est.≈1 in 10K—Safaa63
ES Spain—1,4431 in 35K1.4KSafaa36
KW Kuwait#836≈350 est.≈1 in 8.5K—Safaa27

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Safaa is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Safaâ

  • Bangla given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Iraq, Syria

    Also written Säfãä, Şafaa

  • Bulgarian given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria, Iraq, Türkiye, Bulgaria

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovenian

    Also written Safaâ, Šafaa

  • Italian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Syria, United States

    Also written Safaâ, Safãa

  • Japanese given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan, Syria, Iraq

    Also written Såfâä, Safàà

  • Amharic given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia, Türkiye, United States, Syria

    Also written ሰፋ, Sefa, ሴፋ, Şefa

  • Czech given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia

    Also written Safaã

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Safaa is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Arabic, purity, clarity, serenity

    as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names

  • purity, clearness

    as a nameWhats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalمرحباً Safaa،Hi Safaa, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 36 sources across 22 countries.

Official registers attesting Safaa
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—1.4K#2,208
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—1.3K#1,217

Reference works 3

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Safaa come from?
purity, clarity, serenity. Comp. Safa tae Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
How do you pronounce Safaa?
A machine transcription gives /səfaə/ (IPA) for Arabic.
Is Safaa a male or female name?
Safaa is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Safaa mean?
Recorded meaning: purity, clarity, serenity.
In which country does Safaa have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 40 thousand people named Safaa in Egypt, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled safaa.
How common is the name Safaa?
In Spain, the national register counted 1,443 people named Safaa, about 1 in 35 thousand residents.
How common is Safaa compared with other names?
In Egypt, Safaa is the 268th most common given name of 107,792 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Safaa” — the 268th most common given name in Egypt. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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