Save Gender Feminine Usage French (Rare), French (African, Rare), French (Quebec, Archaic), French (Belgian, Rare) Pronounced Pron. SEEM-FAW-REEN(French) [key] Other Forms FormsSimphorine, Sinphorine, Siphorine, Synphorine, Syphorine Meaning & History French form of Symphorina. There have probably also been cases where this name is a corruption or a rare variant of Symphorienne.