Safiya ( ar, صفية, Ṣafiyya) is an Arab name, meaning "pure". Alternative transliterations include ''Saffiyah, Safiyyah, Safie, Safia, Safija, Safya, Sophie, Safiyah, Safeia'', etc. Notable bearers of the name include:

Medieval

Safiyyah bint Abd al-Muttalib Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib ( ar, صفية بنت عبدالمطلب, Ṣafīyya bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib; ; 53 BH to 18 AH) was a companion and aunt of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Early life Safiyya was the daughter of Abd al-Muttalib ib ...

(late 560s–c. 640), Sahaba and a prominent person in Islamic history *

Safiyya bint Huyayy Ṣafīyyah bint Ḥuyayy ( ar, صفية بنت حيي) was one of the wives of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. She was, along with all other wives of Muhammad, titled Umm-ul-Mu'mineen or the "Mother of Believers".Stowasser, Barbara. ''The Mother ...

(c. 610–c. 670), one of the wives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad *

Safiyyah bint Abi al-As Ṣafīyyah bint Abī al-ʿĀṣ () was the daughter of Abu al-As ibn Umayya. She was a wife of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (her cousin). She had at least two daughters with him: Ramlah, who would later adopt Islam and marry Muhammad, and Umayna.Ibn Sa ...

, daughter of Abu al-As ibn Umayyah * Safiye Sultan (wife of Murad III), Ottoman Valide sultan * Safiye Sultan (daughter of Mustafa II) (1696–1778), the daughter of Ottoman sultan

Mustafa II Mustafa II (; ota, مصطفى ثانى ''Muṣṭafā-yi sānī''; 6 February 1664 – 29 December 1703) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1695 to 1703. Early life He was born at Edirne Palace on 6 February 1664. He was the son of Sult ...

Modern

Safiya Zaghloul Safiya Zaghloul ( ar, صفية زغلول / ; ; 1878–12 January 1946) was an Egyptian political activist. She was among the early leaders of the Wafd Party. Background Zaghloul was born in 1878. Her father, Mostafa Fahmy Pasha, of Turkish ori ...

(1876–1946), Egyptian political activist * Safia Ahmed-jan (1941–2006), Afghan women's rights advocate and critic of the Taliban * Safia Tarzi, Afghan fashion designer. *

Safia El Emari Safia El Emari ( arz, صفية العمري), (born Safia Mustafa Mohamed Omari, October 20, 1949, in El-Mahalla El-Kubra) is an Egyptian actress. She was appointed as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations in 1997, she resigned in 2006 in ...

(born 1949), Egyptian actress *

Sfia Bouarfa Sfia Bouarfa ( ar, صفية بوعرفة) (born 14 October 1950 in Jerada, Morocco) is a Belgian politician and a member of the PS. Since 1995 she is a Member of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region and a Member of the Parliament of t ...

(born 1950), Moroccan-Belgian politician *

Safiya Henderson-Holmes Sharon "Safiya" Henderson-Holmes (December 30, 1950 – April 8, 2001) was an American poet from New York. She published two collections of poetry, had her work included in multiple anthologies, and received the William Carlos Williams Award fro ...

(1950–2001), African-American poet *

Safia Farkash Safia Farkash Gaddafi ( ar, صفية فركاش القذافي (born 2 May 1952) is the widow of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, former First Lady of Libya, incumbent Representative of Sirte, and mother of seven of Gaddafi's eight biologic ...

(born 1952), Libyan wife of Muammar Gaddafi *

Safia Abdi Haase Safia Yusuf Abdi Haase ( so, Safiiya Yuusf Cabdi Xaase, ar, صفية عبدي هاس) (born 1959) is a Somali graduate nurse. She was trained at the Harstad University College in Harstad, Norway, and also has a Master's in International Welfare ...

(born 1959), Somali nurse and women's rights activist * Safia Minney (born 1964), British social entrepreneur and author * Safiya Nygaard (born 1993), American YouTuber * Safia Taleb Ali al-Suhail (born 1965) Iraqi politician *

Safia Shah Safia Nafisa Shah ( fa, سفیا شاه, gu, સફિયા શાહ; born 16 November 1966), now Safia Thomas, is a British writer, editor, television news producer and member of the Afghan-Indian Shah family. She and her husband Ian also f ...

(born 1966), British writer, editor and television news producer *

Safiya Hussaini Safiya Hussaini Tungar Tudu (born 1967) is a Nigerian woman condemned to death for adultery in 2002. She gave birth to a child as a single woman in Sokoto, a Nigerian state under Sharia law. She was sentenced to be stoned, but was acquitted of a ...

(born 1967), Nigerian condemned to death for adultery, later acquitted *

Safia Abukar Hussein Safia Abukar Hussein (born 1 January 1981) is a sprinter who competed internationally for Somalia. Hussein was the first Somali female to compete at the Olympics for her country when she competed in the 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics ...

(born 1981), Somali sprinter *

Safiya Songhai Safiya Songhai, is an American Film Director, University Professor, Television Anchor/Reporter and beauty queen. Biography Family Songhai was born in Philadelphia to Dwight Lamont Hendricks and Tamara Pierce. Songhai's parents met at the Phil ...

(born 1984), American film director *

Safia Boukhima Safia Boukhima ( ar, صفية بوخيمة; born January 10, 1991, in Béjaïa Béjaïa (; ; ar, بجاية‎, Latn, ar, Bijāya, ; kab, Bgayet, Vgayet), formerly Bougie and Bugia, is a Mediterranean port city and commune on the Gulf of B ...

(born 1991) Algerian volleyball player *

Siti Safiyah Siti Safiyah Amirah is a Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories ...

, Malaysian ten-pin bowler * Safiya Abdel Rahman, Egyptian active in girl guiding and scouting

Fictional characters

Safiyah Sohail Sand Demon Sand Demon is the name of a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Eddie Slick is the manager of the wrestler King Crusher, and provided him with mutative steroids to win a match. However, Fire ...

, a DC comics character * Safie, a character ''

Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific ex ...

'' *Safiya fon Hasstrell, a character from Susan Dennard’sbr>Witchlands
series

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{{given name Arabic feminine given names

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