Seif Forename

7,149th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 146,762 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Seif Forename Definition:

A Arabic name, meaning: Sword of religion.

Seif Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt
97%
 
42,5091:2,162313
Iran
100%
34,4091:2,281338
Tanzania
100%
33,3051:1,585321
Sudan-19,6331:1,926361
Saudi Arabia-10,8411:2,842475
Algeria
100%
2,5551:14,9421,026
Kenya
84%
 
1,1641:39,7832,964
Tunisia
100%
4891:1,384286
Oman-2261:18,1801,608
Morocco
100%
1641:209,4435,367
France
100%
1481:449,1245,116
United States
100%
1351:2,685,45940,722
Iraq
60%
 
1351:259,3923,971
Kuwait-1141:33,2043,097
United Arab Emirates-1051:68,1145,861
Sweden
99%
 
931:105,9994,465
Djibouti-871:10,525817
Qatar
100%
871:27,2373,729
Canada
100%
751:441,77812,182
England
100%
631:882,58615,371
Uganda
94%
 
561:731,37414,473
Libya-361:172,814833
Russia-341:4,242,16821,891
Indonesia
100%
311:8,321,409281,378
Ethiopia
100%
251:3,902,40510,287
Jordan
50%
 
211:420,3233,578
Thailand
95%
 
181:3,892,54581,378
Rwanda
100%
161:710,7151,599
Ireland
100%
121:386,9605,608
India
75%
 
101:121,487,7971,527,033
Italy
100%
101:6,106,20925,028
Netherlands
100%
91:1,878,00924,529
Chad
100%
91:1,510,9336,264
Germany
100%
71:13,811,12541,547
Pakistan
100%
71:27,765,383122,080
Malaysia
100%
71:4,349,991105,289
Mauritania
100%
71:585,03411,039
Norway-61:855,38812,625
Denmark-61:941,58311,543
Brazil-61:35,706,026284,222
Syria-51:3,861,2155,356
Nigeria
100%
51:35,512,872242,191
Belgium
100%
51:2,298,00820,299
Turkey-51:15,560,34240,635
China-51:273,211,15675,889
Croatia
100%
51:843,4157,845
Ukraine
100%
41:11,374,97714,813
Uzbekistan
100%
41:7,696,61011,277
New Zealand-41:1,134,01110,998
DR Congo
100%
41:18,456,90195,891
Zambia-31:5,284,93137,895
Czechia-31:3,552,0546,491
Lebanon
100%
31:1,875,85711,580
Philippines
100%
21:53,004,738452,678
Albania
100%
21:1,523,28533,816
Yemen-21:13,148,37610,677
Australia-21:6,828,81137,569
Finland
50%
 
21:2,741,59219,235
Greece
100%
21:5,467,27417,678
Switzerland
100%
21:4,106,74825,883
Spain-21:23,264,98224,876
Singapore-21:3,143,52727,876
Scotland-21:2,675,18318,328
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Poland-11:38,027,1129,241
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Mexico
100%
11:124,144,427140,512
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Belarus-11:9,482,38420,892
Bosnia and Herzegovina
100%
11:3,524,4588,651
Burundi
100%
11:9,906,5592,558
Somalia-11:13,525,8677,760
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Maldives-11:433,9035,827
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300

The alternate forms: Seïf (10) & Séif (1) are calculated separately.

Seif (156,343) may also be a surname.

Seif Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Arabic name, meaning: Sword of religion.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Seif Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seïf9210/
Séif921/
Seife8914,912/
Sheif89349/
Seyif8943/
Seiff8919/
Seiif895/
Sejif894/
Seiaf894/
Sseif892/
Seifs891/
Seift891/
Seiyf891/
Sif865,652/
Sef863,169/
Seyife8018/
Sheiff8010/
Shejif803/
Scheif802/
Sheife802/
Sseife801/
Saif75773,510/
Sief754,946/
Sjef754,399/
Seef753,128/
Seaf751,715/
Saef751,522/
Shef751,302/
Suef751,142/
Sift751,071/
Sife75776/
Seyf75762/
Soif75698/
Siaf75614/
Seiw75447/
Sefe75351/
Shif75342/
Sifh75234/
Siff75194/
Syef75138/
Seff75112/
Soef7585/
Suif7580/
Sefë7563/
Seib7548/
Seft7527/
Jeif7521/
Zeif7516/
Sefh756/
Sisf756/
Sejf755/
Seuf755/
Ceif755/
Jsef754/
Ssif754/
Seiv754/
Sefs754/
Sitf754/
Sedf753/
Sgef753/
Hsif752/
Scif752/
Ssef752/
Sifs751/
Setf751/
Sipf751/
Scef751/
Sefz751/
Zsef751/
Sesf751/
Sewf751/
Xsef751/
Sidf751/
Sihf751/
Hsef751/
Seieffe731/
Sheiffe731/
Sayaeif731/
Soeifou731/
Shaif6715,683/
Seyfe676,866/
Sayef674,052/
Seiph672,770/
Saief672,207/
Saife67320/
Cheif67267/
Sejiv67183/
Suife67144/
Saifh67130/
Soyef67119/
Shift67104/
Sayif6797/
Siyaf6791/
Sheff6788/
Sajif6759/
Shoif6749/
Sefth6745/
Jzsef6744/
Seyib6742/
Sheib6740/
Saiuf6736/
Shefe6735/
Saiff6734/
Saaif6728/
Saiaf6725/
Shoef6724/
Shife6721/
Saiif6715/
Seefh6714/
Seeft6714/
Seyaf6714/
Siiaf6714/
Siefe6711/
Shaef6711/
Jeiff6711/
Seefe6711/
Sujif6710/
Seiow6710/
Shyef679/
Jeife679/
Saeff678/
Sieff678/
Sheft678/
Saift678/
Sehaf677/
Shiff677/
Sheiv677/
Seeff677/
Hseef677/
Syiaf676/
Seffe676/
Sheef676/
Sheaf676/
Ssaif675/
Schef675/
Seefs675/
Shief675/
Seffh674/
Seyef674/
Sejib674/
Siaff674/
Shuif674/
Sai'f674/
Saidf673/
Sheuf673/
Seeaf673/
Shefs673/
Souef673/
Soife673/
Sojif673/
Soiaf673/
Saiyf673/
Suyef673/
Soyif673/
Sifth673/
Sheiw673/
Sifft672/
Seafe672/
Sceff672/
Sjeff672/
Seyuf672/
Seiab672/
Seibh672/
Sejaf672/
Sijaf672/
Siffe672/
Soief672/
Soiyf672/
Seiaw672/
Sejfe672/
Suuif672/
Siafh671/
Ceife671/
Suiaf671/
Sseff671/
Syief671/
Suyif671/
Shuef671/
Siaaf671/
Sojef671/
Sichf671/
Sehef671/
Sehfe671/
Seiiv671/
Seiub671/
Sejfë671/
Sgeef671/
Seufe671/
Siyef671/
Sjaif671/
Sheyf671/
Shedf671/
Shifs671/
Shidf671/
Shepf671/
Sajef671/
Saifs671/
Schif671/
Scief671/
Seaff671/
Zeizf671/
Hseib671/
Jszef671/
Jscef671/
Seiew671/
Sehdf671/
Saiof671/
Sesfh671/
Sewef671/
Zsaif671/
Zsgef671/
Shifz671/
Sijif671/
Shefh671/
Sgaif671/
Seyiw671/
Sueff671/
Sseef671/
Jeiyf671/
Jsift671/
Jheif671/
Hsifp671/

Seif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Seif in the Russian language
Сеифseif-

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