Sabirah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-BEE-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
Sabirah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “patient”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sabirah mean?
Arabic: feminine of Sabir
“patient”
Feminine form of Sabir; sabr, patient endurance, is a virtue much praised in the Quran.
Is Sabirah a girl's or a boy's name?
Sabirah is a girls' name.
How popular is Sabirah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sabirah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sabirah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
Names like Sabirah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sumayyah, Farah, Aakifah, Umamah, Samah, Umaymah, Hibah, Safia, Azeemah, Safiya, Aaminah, Aaliyah
Names related to Sabirah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sabirah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sabirah, updated 20 October 2026.