Entry № 9212 · Aramaic origin

Sapphira Sapphira — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ sah-FIE-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Aramaic
Meaning
"Sapphire, beautiful"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Aramaic)

A name that means "sapphire, beautiful".

Sapphira (Σάπφειρα) comes from the Aramaic shappīrā, meaning "beautiful" — and also gives the English word "sapphire." In the Book of Acts, Sapphira and her husband Ananias were struck dead for lying to the apostles about their property.

Sapphira is rare but distinctive.

Sapphire. The cautionary figure of Acts.

The name in its native script.

Σάπφειρα
Transliteration
Sápfeira
Pronunciation
/ səˈfaɪ.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sapphira stands.

Sapphira 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.

Sapphiras before her.

Real people
Sapphira
Common in religious communities.
In fiction
Sapphira
Acts of the Apostles.
Acts 5:1-11
Sapphira
Dragon in Eragon.
2002 novel

Names connected to Sapphira.

The number behind Sapphira.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sapphira reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.