Safiya (Arabic: صفية) is a female Muslim given name, meaning pure. Alternative transliterations include Saffiyah, Safia and others.
Notable bearers of the name include:
early Islamic
Safiyyah bint ‘Abd al-Muttalib (late 560s–c. 640) Sahaba and a prominent person in Islamic history
Safiyya bint Huyayy (c. 610–c. 670) one of the wives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
Safiyyah bint Abi al-'As, daughter of Abu al-'As ibn Umayyah
modern
Safiya Zaghloul (1876–1946), Egyptian political activist
Safia Ahmed-jan (1941–2006), Afghan women's rights advocate and critic of the Taliban
Safia El Emari (born 1949), Egyptian actress
Sfia Bouarfa (born 1950), Moroccan-Belgian politician
Safia Farkash (born 1952), Libyan wife of Muammar Gaddafi
Safia Abdi Haase (born 1959), Somali nurse and women's rights activist
Safia Minney (born 1964), British social entrepreneur and author
Safia Taleb Ali al-Suhail (born 1965) Iraqi politician
Safia Shah (born 1966), British writer, editor and television news producer
Safiya Hussaini (born 1967), Nigerian condemned to death for adultery, later acquitted
Safia Abukar Hussein (born 1981), Somali sprinter
Safiya Songhai (born 1984), American film director
Safia Monney (born 1985), French-German actress
Safia Boukhima (born 1991) Algerian volleyball player
Siti Safiyah, Malaysian ten-pin bowler
Safiya Abdel Rahman
