Sapphire

Where Sapphire comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Sapphire.

  • English
  • Vowel-ended
Sapphire through the years
  1. 1968
    Sapphire Cooper born
    New Zealand field hockey player
  2. 1979
    First appearance
    #10,210 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1987
    Sapphire Elia born
    British actress
  4. 2022
    Peak, #910
    301 babies named Sapphire, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English from the precious stone.
Namesakes
  • Sapphire Elia · British actress, born 1987
  • Sapphire Cooper · New Zealand field hockey player, born 1968

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.