Saif is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “sword.” In 2024 it was given to 140 boys in the United States.
Saif belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “sword” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Saif first appears in Social Security records in 1978. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1356 in 2024, and in 2024 140 babies received the name — 2,377 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Saif means “sword” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Saif is a boy name. In 2024, 140 babies received the name in the US.
Saif comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Saif first appears in US records in 1978. Its best-ever ranking was #1356 in 2024, and 140 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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