Safeer
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sa-FEER
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Safeer is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “ambassador; envoy”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Safeer mean?
Arabic: spelling of Safir
“ambassador; envoy”
Is Safeer a girl's or a boy's name?
Safeer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Safeer in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 367% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Safeer, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2004, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Safeer in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Safeer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
Names like Safeer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Fahad Umar Sabir Saif Salim Samir Abdur Zahir Ahmed Umair Suhaib
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Safeer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/safeer, updated 20 October 2026.