Sapphira

So beautiful!

This name is stunning. A gorgeous alternative to the beautiful but extremely popular Sophia. As a Christian I struggled with loving Sapphira for my baby girl because of the Biblical association. However, upon deeper thought, why is it acceptable for Christian's to use the names Delilah and Eve, but Sapphira is taboo? The story of Sapphira and Ananias isn't nearly as well known as the stories of the other two names. Furthermore, the root of the name, sapphire, has a beautiful spiritual/biblical meaning - sapphires in the bible represent the presence of God, wisdom and revelation. If I choose to name my baby girl this, it will not be in honor of the woman with this name, but it will be in honor of the presence of God, which I pray she carries near to her heart all the days of her life.

THIS IS SO GORGEOUS!
I LOVE IT!
I'm not loving the Biblical references... (Ananias & Sapphira?)
BUT IT'S SO DARN PRETTY...!?!

This name is probably the prettiest of the biblical female names in my personal opinion. Plus the nickname "Phira" is especially alluring and mystical. I go back and forth between loving this and Seraphina best of the "S" names.

I have this thing where I like to associate names with colors and/or patterns, and right away ever since the first time I heard about this name I've always associated it with a dark greenish turquoise gem color. I honestly prefer the spelling Saphira, but either way this name is still absolutely beautiful!

I'm happy and love my name. I found that my name means beautiful and also means blue. Blue happens to be one of my favorite colors so it's a win-win baby! And I also found out that my name isn't very common so it is nice to have such a unique name. In case you have not noticed, my name is Saphira and it is pronounced like this: (Sa-fear-uh) and I am glad to have this name.

My daughter's name is Sapphira, but unlike most people on here we do pronounce it like Saf-eye-ra (not Sa-fear-a) closer to Sapphire. This was my Great Grandmother's name and also the way she pronounced it, so that is why we continued with this pronunciation/ spelling. Most do say Sa-fear-a when we are at appointments etc, but it's fine we just correct them and continue on, everyone always compliments on how beautiful her name is.

I really like this name, although I'd spell it as Zafira.

I love it! I prefer Zaphira though. Very rare and classy.

I grew up in the church and know who Sapphira was in the bible. I only have one girl and wanted her name to be special because of a certain situation. I never knew Sapphira meant "Beautiful" so I named her Sapphira (Sa-Fear-Rah) Eve and they both mean beautiful life and she is gorgeous... lol plus my name came from the bible- Elisha- so it was only right to get hers from the bible... I love her name :)

My name is Sapphira and I used to hate it because nobody (including my parents) knows the correct pronunciation. This frustrated me for years. Plus I went to convent school my whole life so people (especially my classmates and teachers) frowned upon my name (Sapphira and her husband, Ananias, from the Bible, was struck by lightning for lying). Thankfully, I learnt to love my name and I'm happy with it now (my friends said that whenever they say my name they got chills down their spine, LOL). To those who are gonna have baby girls, please name them Sapphira :)

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P. S : my parents pronounce it as Sa-Fee-Ra while my friends pronounce it as Suh-Fee-Ra.

I think it's one of the most beautiful, yet unique names for a girl. I named my 2nd daughter Sapphira Rose Flowers and she's the sweetest happiest most well behaved little one I've ever seen! My other daughter and my sons are well behaved for their ages too, but not always. While she's not been ornery or bad at all..., yet. Lol.

Having already named my first baby after seeing ERAGON, I was always going to name my next girl Sapphira. Just to be different, I decided to spell her name Cyhfearra!

Definitely sounds like the name of a black woman. Considering slave masters used to name their slaves after evil people in the Bible, I can see that.

My birthstone is sapphire and so is my husband's. As soon as we met I knew our daughter had to be similar to sapphire. I thought I came up with the name myself then a year later heard and saw the Eragon movie. (I know it was from a book) It reaffirmed I needed to name my daughter Saphira (suh-fear-uh) She is now 15 months old and it fits her well. No one could imagine her with any other name!

I named my daughter Sapphira 4 yrs ago. We were originally considering Sophia but changed it. I gave her middle names of Rayne Eversong, so she definitely has a unique name and it couldn't fit her personality better. I am so happy with our choice of name. We also pronounce it Sa-FEAR-Ah.

Saphira is a very nice name and it is not so common, and I like uncommon things.

It's sad that Sapphira is a bad character in the Bible. Still, she's not as bad as Jezebel (and her name is much better) and not a lot of people I know have read the Bible. I would use this, with the middle name Domitilla or Domicela.

So much better than Sapphire, at least with this spelling. Safira is good too. Saphira, however, reminds me of that horrible book Eragon.

I think this is such a pretty name!

Someone told me it sounds like the name of a kicka*s warrior princess haha :)

Very beautiful, soft but strong; nickname Saffy is cute and sassy.

This is the only name I've ever seen on here with an approval rating of higher than 75 percent.

I love this name, it's so pretty and unique.

It's quite a beautiful name. I'd like to use it myself, but Christian fundamentalists will freak out because the biblical Sapphira was killed for lying. I personally don't think it's anywhere near as bad as, say, Jezebel. And I don't worry about it being a "stripper name".

It's a beautiful name. I do like it. I agree completely with slight night shiver: The pronunciation of it is wonderful, but sadly it's a bit of a stripper name.

I think this is a really pretty name. I don't know if I would name my daugher Sapphira, but I like it a lot.

The name has a really cool sound to it, whether you pronounce it as ''sa-FIE-ra'' or ''sa-FEE-ra''. Paradoxically enough, it also sounds like a stripper name, even if an exceptionally cool one. The name sounds so much like a pseudonym, and I have a hard time imagining a person with this as her real name. It's not very conventional, that's for sure.

I like this name, it really sounds terrific. Although, the one thing that keeps me from using it is the fact that it's the name of the dragon from Eragon (well, not exactly, but it's super-close).

I love this name. I know a girl named Sapphira and we all call her Saph.

I love this name. :-) I find that people can't pronounce it, though. I came across another meaning to Saphira (my spelling of the name): One that weaves or tells a tale.