Safiya () is an Arab name, meaning "pure." Alternative transliterations include Saffiyah, Safiyyah, Safie, Safia, Safija, Safya, Safiyah, Safeia, etc.
Notable bearers of the name include:
Medieval 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 Safiye Sultan (mother of Mehmed III), Ottoman Valide sultan Safiye Sultan (daughter of Mustafa II) (1696–1778), the daughter of Ottoman sultan Mustafa II
Modern Safia Abdi Haase (born 1959), Somali nurse and women's rights activist Safia Abukar Hussein (born 1981), Somali sprinter Safia Amajan (1941–2006), Afghan women's rights advocate and critic of the Taliban
Safia Boukhima (born 1991) Algerian volleyball player Safia El Emari (born 1949), Egyptian actress Safia Farkash (born 1952), Libyan wife of Muammar Gaddafi Safia Middleton-Patel (born 2004), Welsh footballer Safia Minney (born 1964), British social entrepreneur and author Safia Shah (born 1966), British writer, editor and television news producer Safia Taleb Ali al-Suhail (born 1965) Iraqi politician Safia Tarzi, Afghan fashion designer. Safiya Abdel Rahman, Egyptian active in girl guiding and scouting Safiya George, U.S. Virgin Islands nurse practitioner and academic administrator Safiya Henderson-Holmes (1950–2001), African-American poet Safiya Hussaini (born 1967), Nigerian condemned to death for adultery, later acquitted Safiya Nygaard (born 1992), American YouTuber Safiya Songhai (born 1984), American film director Safiya Zaghloul (1876–1946), Egyptian political activist Sfia Bouarfa (born 1950), Moroccan-Belgian politician Siti Safiyah, Malaysian ten-pin bowler
Fictional characters Safie, a character in Frankenstein Safiya fon Hasstrell, a character from Susan Dennard’s Witchlands series Safiya Llewellyn-Fayyad, a character from Life is Strange: Double Exposure Safiyah Sohail, a DC comics character
See also Safiye, Turkish form
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