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Safura name meaning

“bird”

Letters
6
Syllables
3
First letter
S
Category
Malay Names
Gender
♀ Girl
2

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Safura

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Malay Names: SHebrew origin

Safura is a girl's name from the Arabic form of the Hebrew name Zipporah, meaning 'bird'.

What does Safura mean?

Bird

In Malay: burung

Sources (3)

About the name Safura

Safura is a spelling of the Arabic form Ṣaffūrah (صفورة), the name of the wife of Moses, known in English as Zipporah. The original Hebrew name, Ṣippōrā, is a feminine form of ṣippōr, 'bird'. Other spellings include Safoora and Safoorah.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginHebrew, Arabic
SyllablesSa-fu-ra
First letterMalay Names starting with S
Arabic scriptصفورة

Compound names with Safura

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Zipporah · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Zipporah · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wikipedia: Zipporah · en.wikipedia.org · origin

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