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Sapphira
OriginGreek variation of Sapphire, Hebrew jewel name
Meaning"sapphire"
GenderGirl
About Sapphira
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,073 | 55 | 30.8 |
| 2015 | #3,468 | 46 | 25.8 |
| 2016 | #3,270 | 50 | 28.2 |
| 2017 | #3,292 | 49 | 28.4 |
| 2018 | #2,775 | 62 | 36.4 |
| 2019 | #3,264 | 49 | 29.2 |
| 2020 | #4,734 | 28 | 17.3 |
| 2021 | #3,660 | 42 | 25.6 |
| 2022 | #3,408 | 47 | 28.7 |
| 2023 | #3,574 | 44 | 27.4 |
| 2024 | #4,264 | 34 | 21 |
| 2025 | #3,567 | 43 | 26.8 |
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character from "A woman called Fancy" by Frank Yerby
- Sapphira Dodderidge Colbert
main character in "Sapphira and the Slave Girl" by Willa Cather
- From the Greek name Sappheire
which was from the Greek word sappheiros meaning "blue stone" or "lapis lazuli," ultimately derived from a Semitic source (compare Hebrew sappir "sapphire"). Alternatively Sapphira may be a Greco,Latin form of the Hebrew name Zipporah.
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