Shafia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-FEE-a
- Origin
- Arabic
Shafia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “healing, intercessor”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shafia mean?
Arabic: feminine of Shafi
“healing, intercessor”
Feminine form of Shafi, an Arabic name meaning healer or intercessor.
Is Shafia a girl's or a boy's name?
Shafia is a girls' name.
How popular is Shafia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shafia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Shafia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
Names like Shafia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safia Safiya Habiba Saba Safaa Safa Salma Sabiha Sumayyah Faiza Samia Humaira
Names related to Shafia
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Shafia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shafia, updated 20 October 2026.