Zaphira
Zaphira or Zafira is said to have been the wife of Selim al-Toumi, the Emir of Algiers in the 16th century. In Western historiography, she is also referred to as "Princess Zaphira" or spelled incorrectly as Saphira.
Meaning & Origin of Zaphira
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zaphira or Zafira is said to have been the wife of Selim al-Toumi, the Emir of Algiers in the 16th century. In Western historiography, she is also referred to as "Princess Zaphira" or spelled incorrectly as Saphira.
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The Story of Zaphira
The earliest SSA record of Zaphira as a baby girl name dates back to 2009, when 6 babies received it. 2017 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Zaphira — #11,611 in the national rankings. About 58% of every Zaphira on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Zaphira last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 45 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Zaphira
Zaphira is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2009 and has accumulated 45 births in the dataset. Zaphira's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #11,611. Use the chart and map above to compare Zaphira's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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