MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Saphiya mean?
Safiya reflects Arabic ṣafiyya, a feminine word for a chosen or intimate companion. Its root also carries the idea of purity and clarity, which explains the name's familiar purity gloss.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सफ़िया
Conventional spelling
Arabic
صفية
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सफिया
5,092 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Saphiya in Indian usage
34,648 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 821 |
| 1950s | 3,635 |
| 1960s | 10,665 |
| 1970s | 13,268 |
| 1980s | 5,157 |
| 1990s | 980 |
| Other decades | 122 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 33,733 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 505 |
| Delhi | 154 |
| Other states | 256 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001