Saphina
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Saphina by the numbers
Saphina was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Saphina
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 Saphina. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Saphirasapphire; precious blue stone; a form of Sapphira141 in the US (2017)
- Sophinawisdom; a form of Sophia15 in the US (2017)
- Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
- Sabrinafrom the River Severn; Romano-British origin732 in the US (2017)
- Seraphinaardent or burning one; from seraph61 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sahanapatient; forbearing; easy to bear136 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Saphina
Names that are said the same way as Saphina, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Savannatreeless plain or grassland534 in the US (2017)
- Savanahtreeless plain or grassland; alternate spelling of Savannah73 in the US (2017)
- Savanatreeless plain or grassland62 in the US (2017)
- Savinaof the Sabines; wise woman36 in the US (2017)
- Safinaa ship or vessel6 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Saphina
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