Safeerah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-FEE-rah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Safeerah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “ambassador, envoy”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Safeerah mean?
Arabic: feminine of safir
“ambassador, envoy”
Is Safeerah a girl's or a boy's name?
Safeerah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Safeerah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Safeerah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2004, with 4 girls.
2025 had more girls named Safeerah than any year since 2011.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Safeerah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
Names like Safeerah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah Safa Sumayyah Aaliyah Safiya Umaymah Ruqayyah Umamah Zainab Aakifah Azeemah Aaminah
Names related to Safeerah
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, “Safeerah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/safeerah, updated 20 October 2026.