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
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Grammatical form
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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

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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.