Safire
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAF-ire
- Origin
- English
Safire is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “the blue gemstone sapphire”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Safire mean?
English: spelling of Saphire, itself a spelling of Sapphire; via Latin and Greek, probably from Hebrew sappir
“the blue gemstone sapphire”
Spelling of Sapphire, the blue gemstone that is September's birthstone.
Meaning borrowed from Saphire.
Is Safire a girl's or a boy's name?
Safire is a girls' name.
How popular is Safire in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Safire in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Safire in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
Names like Safire
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Summer, Salem, Zainab, Aaliyah, Salma, Zaniyah, Zaira, Zaya, Hadassah, Samiyah, Hafsa
Names related to Safire
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Safire: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/safire, updated 20 October 2026.