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Siofra Siofra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHEE-fra /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Elf / sprite"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Irish)

A name that means "elf / sprite".

Siofra is from the Irish Síofra — elf, sprite, changeling, fairy child. Siofra is one of the Irish feminine names — central to traditional Irish mythological heritage.

Elf / sprite.

The name in its native script.

Síofra
Transliteration
Síofra
Pronunciation
/ ˈʃiː.frə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Siofra stands.

Siofra 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.

Siofras before her.

Real people

In fiction
Síofra
Irish elf / sprite / changeling + Aos Sí + Sídhe + Tuatha Dé Danann.
Irish mythology

Names connected to Siofra.

The number behind Siofra.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Siofra reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.