The baby name Sapir is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Hebrew: /saˈpiʁ/ ; English approximation: sah-PEER.
Sapir is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Sapir is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Hebrew: /saˈpiʁ/ ; English approximation: sah-PEER.
Sapir is Hebrew in Origin.
Sapir (Hebrew: סַפִּיר) is a modern Hebrew given name and surname meaning “sapphire,” the precious blue gemstone. The term appears in the Hebrew Bible - Exodus 24:10 and Ezekiel 1:26 - evoking celestial blue and divine radiance, which inform the name’s connotations of clarity, wisdom, and preciousness. While the ultimate etymology interweaves Semitic and Greek (Hebrew sapir and Greek sappheiros likely influencing one another), in contemporary Hebrew it straightforwardly denotes the gem.
As a given name, Sapir rose in Israel in the late 20th century and is used chiefly for girls, though it can be unisex; it is also a Jewish surname (e.g., statesman Pinhas Sapir, linguist Edward Sapir). International variants and cognates include Saphir (French), Safir/Sappir (transliterations), Sapphire (English), Sapphira/Safira (biblical/romance-language forms). Nicknames may include Safi or Sapi. Related Hebrew gem names include Yahalom (“diamond”) and Margalit (“pearl”).
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL | Girls | 0 | #19 | 3,352 | 11,648 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #61 | 1,352 | 10,981 |
| IL | 0 | #82 | 302 | 6,291 | |
| PS | 0 | #100 | 126 | 5,692 | |
| PA | 0 | #138 | 1 | 3,797 | |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #351 | 1 | 5,378 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #358 | 1 | 7,678 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #387 | 3 | 7,057 |
| YE | 0 | #396 | 3 | 8,639 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #431 | 15 | 10,523 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #467 | 143 | 10,983 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #487 | 62 | 10,655 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #517 | 2 | 9,861 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #804 | 3 | 18,755 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #871 | 16 | 15,035 |
| United States | Girls | 2022 | #897 | 7 | 8,739 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #916 | 3 | 17,948 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| MA | 0 | #1,109 | 20 | 20,986 | |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,142 | 2 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,180 | 3 | 25,439 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,232 | 3 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
| TR | 0 | #1,253 | 2 | 19,440 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,683 | 9 | 28,008 |
Sapir is popular in 23 countries — most recent births per country:
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