Safiye
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAH-fee-yeh
- Origin
- Arabic
Safiye is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pure”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Safiye mean?
Arabic: Turkish form of Safiyya
“pure”
Turkish form of Arabic Safiyya; Safiye Sultan was a powerful Ottoman valide sultan in the late 1500s.
Is Safiye a girl's or a boy's name?
Safiye is a girls' name.
How popular is Safiye in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Safiye in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Safiye in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Safiye
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer, Aaliyah, Safaa, Sumayyah, Safa, Zainab, Farah, Habiba, Aaminah, Ruqayyah, Salma, Umaymah
Names related to Safiye
Safiya, Safiyyah, Safiyah, Safia, Safiyya, Saffiyah, Saffie, Saffiya
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, “Safiye: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/safiye, updated 20 October 2026.