Entry № 9210 · Hebrew origin

Sapir Sapir — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ sah-PEER /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Sapphire"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Hebrew)

A name that means "sapphire".

Sapir (סַפִּיר) is the Hebrew word for "sapphire" — the deep blue gemstone mentioned in the Bible among the stones on the high priest's breastplate.

Sapir is widely used in modern Israel.

Sapphire. The Hebrew gemstone, used as a name.

The name in its native script.

סַפִּיר
Transliteration
Sappīr
Pronunciation
/ sɑːˈpiːr /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sapir stands.

Sapir does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Sapirs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sapir
Common in Israeli fiction.

Names connected to Sapir.

The number behind Sapir.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sapir reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.