Safiya () is an Arab name, meaning "pure". Alternative transliterations include Saffiyah, Safiyyah, Safie, Safia, Safija, Safya, Sophie, Safiyah, Safeia, etc. Notable bearers of the name include: Medieval Safiyyah bint Abd al-Muttalib (late 560s–c. 640), Sahaba and a prominent person in Islamic history Safiyya bint Huyayy (c. 610–c. 670), one of the wives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad Safiyyah bint Abi al-As, daughter of Abu al-As ibn Umayyah Safiye Sultan (wife of Murad III), Ottoman Valide sultan Safiye Sultan (daughter of Mustafa II) (1696–1778), the daughter of Ottoman sultan Mustafa II Modern Safiya Zaghloul (1876–1946), Egyptian political activist Safia Ahmed-jan (1941–2006), Afghan women's rights advocate and critic of the Taliban Safia Tarzi, Afghan fashion designer. Safia El Emari (born 1949), Egyptian actress Sfia Bouarfa (born 1950), Moroccan-Belgian politician Safiya Henderson-Holmes (1950–2001), African-American poet Safia Farkash (born 1952), Libyan wife of Muammar Gaddafi Safia Abdi Haase (born 1959), Somali nurse and women's rights activist Safia Minney (born 1964), British social entrepreneur and author Safiya Nygaard (born 1993), American YouTuber Safia Taleb Ali al-Suhail (born 1965) Iraqi politician Safia Shah (born 1966), British writer, editor and television news producer Safiya Hussaini (born 1967), Nigerian condemned to death for adultery, later acquitted Safia Abukar Hussein (born 1981), Somali sprinter Safiya Songhai (born 1984), American film director Safia Boukhima (born 1991) Algerian volleyball player Siti Safiyah, Malaysian ten-pin bowler Safiya Abdel Rahman, Egyptian active in girl guiding and scouting Fictional characters Safiyah Sohail, a DC comics character Safie, a character Frankenstein Safiya fon Hasstrell, a character from Susan Dennard’s Witchlands series See also Safiye, Turkish form Sophia (name) (unrelated Greek name) References Arabic feminine given names