Sifa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Sifa by the numbers
Sifa was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Sifa
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 Sifa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Safapure, clear425 in England and Wales (2025)
- Siyawhite or pale71 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shifahealing, cure31 in England and Wales (2025)
- Silastrength or virtue5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sifatquality; attribute; characteristic23 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sirabiography, life story10 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sifa
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