Saphira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-FEER-a
- Origin
- Aramaic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,769 for girls
Saphira is a girls' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 1,769th for girls in the US (114 babies).
What does Saphira mean?
Aramaic: spelling of Sapphira
“beautiful”
Saphira is the blue dragon in Christopher Paolini's Eragon; Sapphira appears in the biblical Book of Acts.
Is Saphira a girl's or a boy's name?
Saphira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 114 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saphira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Saphira, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Saphira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were given Saphira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,417, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
- Safira 9
- Saphira 6
- Safirah 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Saphira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Saphira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,769th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 114 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 114 girls in the US were named Saphira, making it the 1,769th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,893rd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 145 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Saphira in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 144 girls in the US were given Saphira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,312, up from #1,769 for this spelling alone.
- Saphira 114
- Safira 30
Saphira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 114 | #1,769 |
| 2024 | 124 | #1,657 |
| 2023 | 104 | #1,903 |
| 2022 | 123 | #1,692 |
| 2021 | 117 | #1,750 |
| 2020 | 101 | #1,893 |
| 2019 | 129 | #1,642 |
| 2018 | 119 | #1,727 |
| 2017 | 143 | #1,534 |
| 2016 | 116 | #1,785 |
| 2015 | 133 | #1,609 |
| 2014 | 119 | #1,746 |
| 2013 | 118 | #1,744 |
| 2012 | 131 | #1,639 |
| 2011 | 109 | #1,840 |
| 2010 | 102 | #1,959 |
| 2009 | 125 | #1,742 |
| 2008 | 145 | #1,573 |
| 2007 | 130 | #1,689 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Saphira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Amira, Hafsa, Khadija, Abeeha, Ayra, Hiba, Liyana, Aaliyah, Safiya, Sama, Halima
Other spellings of Saphira
Names related to Saphira
More Aramaic names
Thomas, Tommy, Martha, Barnaby, Barney, Tabitha, Tomas, Tadeo, Tom, Thaddeus, Tomos, Marta, Tommie, Tomi, Tommaso, Barnabas
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Saphira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saphira, updated 20 October 2026.