indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Indonesian, Urdu
Scripts سفيان(Arabic) سفیان(Urdu)
Other Forms FormsSufian, Sufiyan, Sufijan, Süfyan, Sufjan, Sofyan, Sofian, etc.
Meaning & History
Meaning uncertain. It could be derived from Arabic صوف (suf) meaning "wool", صفا (safa) meaning "pure, clean" or صعف (sa'f) meaning "slim, thin". Sufyan al-Thawri was an 8th-century Islamic scholar.