Seif
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAYF
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Seif is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “sword”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Seif mean?
Arabic: Arabic sayf
“sword”
From the Arabic word for sword, as in Sayf Allah, 'Sword of God', the title of the general Khalid ibn al-Walid.
Is Seif a girl's or a boy's name?
Seif is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Seif in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Seif, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 7 boys.
2025 had more boys named Seif than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Seif in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 71 boys in the UK were given Seif or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #548, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Seif in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Seif in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Seif, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Seif in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 172 boys in the US were given Seif or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,076, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
Seif in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
Names like Seif
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Zayd Muhammad Abdullah Zayan Musa Ahmed Zayaan Umar Rayyan Mustafa Saad
Other spellings of Seif
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Seif: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/seif, updated 20 October 2026.