Sapphira

Where Sapphira comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σαπφειρη (Sappheirē).
— Wiktionary's entry for Sapphira
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Sapphira through the years
  1. 1975
    First appearance
    #7,173 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2018
    Peak, #2,744
    62 babies named Sapphira, the most in any year.
  3. 2020
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #4,648.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.