Forename Safiya

All around the world, Safiya (Safiya , صفية , Сафия ) is a widespread predominantly feminine, but very infrequently masculine first name. The given name Safiya is characteristic of Somalia, where it is quite a common feminine name, Nigeria, where it is quite a common mostly girly, but seldom masculine name, and Oman, where it is quite a common primarily female, but very infrequently male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, Nigeria, and Somalia. Much less frequently, Safiya is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Safiya

name Safıya, name Сафія, name صفية, name Сафиья, name Safiya, name Сафия, name สะฝิยะ, name Зафия, name صفیه, name Safia, name צאפיה, name Сафийа, name Сафиыа, name Sàfiya

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Safiya	Somalia, Pakistan, India, Ethiopia, Nigeria
صفية	Iraq, Egypt, Yemen, Sudan, Algeria
Сафия	Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan
Зафия	Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan

First names said to be same

Safia, Safıya, Sàfiya, Сафийа, Сафиыа, Сафиья, Сафія, צאפיה, صفیه, and สะฝิยะ

Notable namesakes

	safiya noble American professor and author, US (b. 1950)
	safiya quinley American Actress, US
	safiya songhai American film director, US (b. 1984)
	safiya wazir Community activist - first Afghan refugee to be elected as a state representative in New Hampshire, United States., AF (b. 1991)
	safiya nygaard American YouTuber and journalist, US (b. 1992)
	safiya bukhari Black Panther Party member and US political prisoner activist, US (b. 1950)
	safiya henderson-holmes African-American poet, US (b. 1950)
	safiya hussaini Nigerian adulterer, NG (b. 1967)
	safiya noorzai reseacher in New Zealand
	safiya amaran researcher
	safiya karim researcher
	safiya sinclair poet
	safiya ilyasu muhammed Nigerian politician, NG
	safiya cummings researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-1329-8670)
	safiya al abrawi researcher

Characteristic surnames

Ali, Mondal, Sayyed, Shaikh, Ansari, Basiru, Khatun, Pathan, Haruna, Hassan, Habibu, Yakubu, Yahaya, Mohamed, Sultana, Khatoon, Ibrahim, Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhammad, Muhammed, Suleiman, Mallik, Abubakar, Mandal, Yusuf, Musa, Sani, Sekh, Bano, Bibi, Khan, Devi, Umar, Molla, Shaik, Aliyu, Aminu, Adamu, Ahmad, Ahmed, Bagum, Bello, Beevi, Begam, Begum, Idris, Usman, and Abdullahi