How do you pronounce Sapphire?

Sapphire is pronounced SAF-eyr.

What is the origin of Sapphire?

Sapphire is of Greek origin, from Modern culture.

Gender-neutral name Greek origin

Sapphire

SAF-eyr · 8 letters · 2 syllables

What it means

Blue gemstone

Language

Greek

Culture

Modern

Religion

Secular

Style era

modern

Themes

gemstones · colors

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Popularity over time

2024 rank#—

2024 births242

Peak year2022

First appeared1979

Total US births4,806

Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames

Saph

Alternate spellings

SapphirSaphire

In other languages

Zaffiro

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