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 ibn ...

(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 Islam (; ar, ۘالِإس� ...

, daughter of Abu al-As ibn Umayyah *

Safiye Sultan (wife of Murad III) Safiye Sultan ( ota, صفیه سلطان; "''pure''" 1550 – 20 April 1619) was the Haseki Sultan (chief consort) of Murad III and Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire as the mother of Mehmed III and the grandmother of Sultans: Ahmed I and Musta ...

, Ottoman

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Safiye Sultan (daughter of Mustafa II) Safiye Sultan ( ota, صفیہ سلطان; "''purity''"; 13 October 1696 – 15 May 1778) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Mustafa II, and half-sister of Sultans Mahmud I and Osman III of the Ottoman Empire. Life Birth Safiye Sultan w ...

(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 Safia Amajan (1941-25 September 2006), also spelt Ama-jan, Ama Jan, Ahmed-jan and Ahmed Jan, was an Afghan women's rights activist, educator, politician, and critic of the Taliban's suppression of women. Amajan worked as teacher and principal in K ...

(1941–2006), Afghan women's rights advocate and critic of the Taliban *

Safia Tarzi Safia Tarzi was a pioneering Afghan fashion designer. She enjoyed international fame in the 1960s and 1970s. Safia Tarzi rose to fame in the 1960s, when she had her own fashion studio i Kabul. Her profession was a new one in Afghanistan. In t ...

, 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 i ...

(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 biolog ...

(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 Welfa ...

(born 1959), Somali nurse and women's rights activist *

Safia Minney Safia Minney Order of the British Empire, MBE Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, FRSA, is a British social entrepreneur and author. She was the founder of Global Village which she set up in 1991, and the founder and former Global CEO of 24 year ...

(born 1964), British social entrepreneur and author *

Safiya Nygaard Safiya Nygaard (born July 16, 1992) is an American YouTuber. She gained prominence through her work with BuzzFeed, creating the series ''LadyLike''. Her video explaining why she left the network went viral. She is now known for her solo YouTube c ...

(born 1993), American YouTuber *

Safia Taleb Ali al-Suhail Safia Taleb Ali al-Suhail is an Iraqi Shi'aa Muslim politician who currently serves as an Ambassador of Iraq to Italy September 2020. She was appointed the first female ambassador of Iraq in Oman in 2004, and she held important political and dip ...

(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 ...

(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 in ...

(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 Phi ...

(born 1984), American film director *

Safia Boukhima Safia Boukhima ( ar, صفية بوخيمة; born January 10, 1991, in Béjaïa) is an Algerian volleyball player. She plays as a wing spiker A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingl ...

(born 1991) Algerian volleyball player *

Siti Safiyah Siti Safiyah Amirah is a Malaysian ten-pin bowler. She finished first place at the 2009 WTBA World Ranking Masters.Safiya Abdel Rahman Safiya Abdel Rahman ( arz, صفية عبد الرحمن) was a notable member of the Egyptian Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides and was extremely active in sports for girls in Egypt. She was a recipient of the Silver Fish Award The Silver ...

, 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, Fir ...

, 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 exp ...

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

References

{{given name Arabic feminine given names

Medieval

Modern

Fictional characters

See also

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