Safi

A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning pure, chosen.

Babies a year
5
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3684
5 babies

Safi by the numbers

In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Safi. In the US, 7 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Safi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Samiexalted; elevated168 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sailord; a form of sayi27 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sakisake; rice wine; bloom8 in the US (2017)
  • Safirbrass; messenger6 in the US (2017)
  • Shafihealer; one who cures6 in the US (2017)
  • Sani18 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean purity

Like Safi, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
  • Justicejustice; fairness; virtue name1,100 in the US (2017)
  • Zakaipure; remembers god182 in the US (2017)
  • Salehrighteous, good, virtuous34 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Wisdomwisdom; virtue name71 in the US (2017)
  • Tahirpure; clean; chaste9 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Safi

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