Saif Forename
1,226th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 773,510 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Oman
Saif Forename User-submission:
The name Saif comes from an Arabic word سيف, which means 'sword'. Sword was the main weapon used by Arabs in old days. It symbolizes courage and sharpness in both decisions and intelligence.
Saif Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 98% | 224,662 | 1:865 | 161 |
| Iraq | 100% | 138,489 | 1:253 | 32 |
| Oman | 100% | 92,034 | 1:45 | 4 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 66,260 | 1:2,407 | 332 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 61,546 | 1:501 | 57 |
| Sudan | 100% | 45,017 | 1:840 | 148 |
| Egypt | 90% | 31,166 | 1:2,949 | 388 |
| Yemen | - | 25,726 | 1:1,022 | 182 |
| India | 100% | 23,094 | 1:52,606 | 7,011 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 17,868 | 1:400 | 47 |
| Syria | - | 16,349 | 1:1,181 | 230 |
| Jordan | 100% | 8,217 | 1:1,074 | 259 |
| Libya | - | 5,508 | 1:1,130 | 219 |
| Afghanistan | 95% | 3,763 | 1:8,670 | 966 |
| Morocco | 100% | 3,194 | 1:10,754 | 842 |
| United States | 100% | 1,323 | 1:274,026 | 8,800 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1,151 | 1:3,953 | 587 |
| England | 79% | 896 | 1:62,057 | 2,727 |
| Algeria | 100% | 785 | 1:48,633 | 1,735 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 705 | 1:960 | 197 |
| Canada | 100% | 624 | 1:53,098 | 3,426 |
| Thailand | 100% | 602 | 1:116,388 | 9,295 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 536 | 1:10,499 | 1,070 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Indonesia | 85% | 497 | 1:519,042 | 38,666 |
| Bahrain | - | 370 | 1:3,645 | 583 |
| Sweden | 100% | 306 | 1:32,215 | 1,950 |
| Israel | 98% | 286 | 1:29,381 | 2,334 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 278 | 1:109,532 | 7,497 |
| Australia | - | 219 | 1:62,364 | 2,719 |
| Kuwait | - | 171 | 1:22,136 | 2,344 |
| Spain | 100% | 149 | 1:312,282 | 5,069 |
| Philippines | 100% | 105 | 1:1,009,614 | 27,434 |
| Germany | 100% | 91 | 1:1,062,394 | 8,096 |
| France | 100% | 61 | 1:1,089,678 | 8,239 |
| Russia | 100% | 61 | 1:2,364,487 | 15,042 |
| Qatar | 100% | 54 | 1:43,882 | 5,785 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 42 | 1:402,431 | 10,980 |
| Uganda | 88% | 42 | 1:975,165 | 17,131 |
| Angola | - | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| New Zealand | - | 34 | 1:133,413 | 5,144 |
| Maldives | 100% | 33 | 1:13,149 | 645 |
| Denmark | - | 32 | 1:176,547 | 4,105 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 29 | 1:6,122,909 | 83,805 |
| Italy | 100% | 28 | 1:2,180,789 | 14,677 |
| Belgium | 100% | 27 | 1:425,557 | 7,369 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 27 | 1:50,423 | 4,495 |
| Brazil | 100% | 26 | 1:8,239,852 | 108,951 |
| Iran | 100% | 26 | 1:3,019,110 | 15,152 |
| Greece | 100% | 25 | 1:437,382 | 6,259 |
| Scotland | 72% | 25 | 1:214,015 | 3,700 |
| South Africa | 100% | 25 | 1:2,181,306 | 62,942 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Norway | 100% | 21 | 1:244,397 | 5,727 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50% | 20 | 1:407,616 | 31,576 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 18 | 1:195,803 | 3,564 |
| China | - | 18 | 1:75,891,988 | 63,580 |
| Singapore | - | 17 | 1:369,827 | 10,107 |
| Wales | 68% | 17 | 1:182,018 | 3,415 |
| Ecuador | - | 16 | 1:1,107,932 | 8,230 |
| Ireland | 100% | 14 | 1:331,680 | 4,801 |
| Chile | 50% | 14 | 1:1,257,658 | 10,399 |
| Guyana | 100% | 14 | 1:54,519 | 4,997 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 14 | 1:1,267,632 | 12,179 |
| Finland | 71% | 13 | 1:421,783 | 5,250 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 13 | 1:631,807 | 9,098 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Belarus | 100% | 8 | 1:1,185,298 | 6,117 |
| Japan | - | 8 | 1:15,998,257 | 41,670 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 6 | 1:1,607,157 | 18,833 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Hong Kong | - | 5 | 1:1,550,545 | 7,446 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Georgia | 100% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Kenya | - | 4 | 1:11,576,778 | 40,588 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Mexico | 75% | 4 | 1:31,036,107 | 61,748 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Peru | 100% | 4 | 1:7,947,864 | 48,688 |
| Taiwan | - | 4 | 1:5,942,420 | 87,370 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4 | 1:13,197,080 | 50,227 |
| Argentina | 50% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Hungary | - | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Liberia | - | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Zimbabwe | - | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Saïf (6) & Säïf (1) are calculated separately.
Saif (291,498) may also be a surname.
Saif Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Saif comes from an Arabic word سيف, which means 'sword'. Sword was the main weapon used by Arabs in old days. It symbolizes courage and sharpness in both decisions and intelligence.
- saifahmed62Saif is an Arabic name, which means 'sword'.
- cfsaifSaif Forename Popularity
Saif Demographics
Average Male Saif Height
173.43 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 200 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Saif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saif in the Russian language | ||
| Саиф | saif | - |
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