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Meaning of the nameSafira

Safira is a female name taken from the Portuguese word safira, 'sapphire', the blue precious stone, from Latin sapphirus and Greek; it is also the Portuguese form of the biblical name Sapphira.

Meaning

“sapphire, a blue precious stone”

Source: Priberam: safira

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People (2022)
16,735
Rank in Brazil
#1,194
Median age
6 years
2010 Census
4,869
people

Safira in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Safira, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (8,192 people).

16,633 women 102 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Safira is most common

States with the highest share of people named Safira in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Maranhão 0.037%
  2. Amazonas 0.027%
  3. Acre 0.019%
  4. Piauí 0.015%
  5. Amapá 0.015%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Maranhão2,5190.037%
Bahia2,0470.015%
São Paulo1,7540.004%
Pernambuco1,2730.014%
Pará1,1270.014%
Amazonas1,0740.027%
Rio de Janeiro9800.006%
Minas Gerais8350.004%
Ceará7250.008%
Piauí4960.015%
Paraíba4430.011%
Rio Grande do Sul3670.003%
Goiás3440.005%
Santa Catarina3290.004%
Espírito Santo3220.008%
Rio Grande do Norte3050.009%
Alagoas2890.009%
Paraná2510.002%
Mato Grosso1870.005%
Sergipe1770.008%
Distrito Federal1730.006%
Acre1590.019%
Tocantins1440.010%
Mato Grosso do Sul1310.005%
Amapá1110.015%
Rondônia950.006%
Roraima780.012%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Safira

The name coincides with the Portuguese word safira, a blue precious stone. Priberam gives Latin sapphirus, coming from Greek sápfeiros ('lapis lazuli, sapphire'), as the origin of the word; in its current version, Aulete indicates Arabic safir as the probable origin. Behind the Name treats Safira as the Portuguese form of the biblical name Sapphira and points to Greek sappheiros, which it links to Hebrew sappir. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 16,735 people named Safira, with a median age of 6; proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Safyra and Saphira as spelling variants.

Sources

  1. Priberam: safira · dicionario.priberam.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Safira · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Aulete: safira · aulete.com.br · origin
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Safira · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  5. Behind the Name: Sapphira · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Safira

What does the name Safira mean?

Safira means “sapphire, a blue precious stone”, according to Priberam.

How many people are named Safira in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 16,735 people with the first name Safira, which ranks it number 1,194 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Safira a boy's or a girl's name?

Safira is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 16,633 women and 102 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Safira?

Safira is a name of Greek and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Safira most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.037% of the state's population is named Safira (2,519 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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