Safura: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Safura – Meaning: bird – Origin: Hebrew via Arabic – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: sah-FOO-rah


Safura is a Hebrew via Arabic girl's name meaning “bird”. It appears in our list of 200+ Muslim Baby Girl Names — Beautiful, Meaningful, and Timeless.

Meaning & Origin of Safura

Meaning: Bird.

Origin: Hebrew via Arabic.

A common claim: The wife of Musa Actually: While Safura is recognized as the wife of Musa in Islamic tradition, the name itself derives from Hebrew Zipporah, meaning bird.

Source: Wikipedia.

How to Pronounce Safura

Phonetic: sah-FOO-rah   IPA: /saːˈfuːra/

Popularity of Safura

Safura doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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