Safiya

Safiya (Arabic: صفية‎‎) is a female Muslim given name, meaning pure.^[1][2] Alternative transliterations include Saffiyah, Safia and others.

Notable bearers of the name include:

early Islamic

• Safiyyah bint ‘Abd al-Muttalib (late 560s–c. 640) Sahaba and a prominent person in Islamic history
• Safiyya bint Huyayy (c. 610–c. 670) one of the wives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
• Safiyyah bint Abi al-'As, daughter of Abu al-'As ibn Umayyah

modern

• Safiya Zaghloul (1876–1946), Egyptian political activist
• Safia Ahmed-jan (1941–2006), Afghan women's rights advocate and critic of the Taliban
• Safia El Emari (born 1949), Egyptian actress
• Sfia Bouarfa (born 1950), Moroccan-Belgian politician
• Safia Farkash (born 1952), Libyan wife of Muammar Gaddafi
• Safia Abdi Haase (born 1959), Somali nurse and women's rights activist
• Safia Minney (born 1964), British social entrepreneur and author
• Safia Taleb Ali al-Suhail (born 1965) Iraqi politician
• Safia Shah (born 1966), British writer, editor and television news producer
• Safiya Hussaini (born 1967), Nigerian condemned to death for adultery, later acquitted
• Safia Abukar Hussein (born 1981), Somali sprinter
• Safiya Songhai (born 1984), American film director
• Safia Monney (born 1985), French-German actress
• Safia Boukhima (born 1991) Algerian volleyball player
• Siti Safiyah, Malaysian ten-pin bowler
• Safiya Abdel Rahman

See also

• Safiye, Turkish form
• Sophia (name), probably unrelated name

References

1. ↑ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company. 
2. ↑ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.