Saifan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in England and Wales.
Saifan by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Saifan. In the US, 32 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Saifan
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Saifan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Saiyan3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Stefancrown, wreath; form of Stephen95 in England and Wales (2025)
- Salmansafe and sound23 in England and Wales (2025)
- Saganone who speaks; a storyteller79 in the US (2017)
- Safwanrock; firm ground41 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sinanspear or lance7 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Saifan
Names that are said the same way as Saifan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Saifan
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