Safwaan

A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning pure, chaste, clear.

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

Safwaan by the numbers

In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Safwaan. In the US, 5 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 12 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Safwanrock; firm ground41 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sufyaanquick or swift19 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Salmaansafe, peaceful; a form of Salman5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Safwatpurity, choiceness, elite5 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean purity

Like Safwaan, 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 Safwaan

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