Message: "A yiddish/hebrew name?"

A yiddish/hebrew name?

by Roshanjyoti

8/17/2007, 2:51 AM

I was watching a television programme in germany (in german) about the holocaust, they were going through lists of names and one of them was really beautiful i was sa-FIGH-a, as in fire, with sa at the beginning. I'm wondering if this is a hebrew or a yiddish name and how it might be spelt?

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- penguiny7 +2

8/17/2007, 6:09 AM

Pronouonced like Sophia but with an a instead of an o? Maybe it was Safiyyah? That's an Arabic name.

- Cynyslende +1

8/17/2007, 7:20 AM

Sophia and Saffiya are pronounced sa-fee-a (the same) aren't they? This was sa-FIGH-a as in rhyming in with 'Higher' I don't know anything about yiddish pronounciation, sorry!

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- penguiny7

8/17/2007, 10:43 AM

I don't either. I just thought FIGH would rhyme with see. :)

- Becki (dreadfulxsorry)

8/17/2007, 9:31 AM

Safiya, Safira, Sapphira, Sofiya...

- Mia (guest)

8/18/2007, 4:33 PM

It might be Saphira (Sapphira).

I dont think its Sophia because it is pronounced "sOphia" not "Saphia".

- ElizainEngland

8/22/2007, 5:48 AM

Just a guess, but Saphir or Tzafrira seem close...

If you want to look up Hebrew or Yiddish names (which I agree, many are very beautiful) you may want to check out hebrewbabynames.com - they have a ton that are not in the BtN database.

- Mrs Claire (Miss Claire)

8/24/2007, 3:04 AM

Zofia is a Yiddish name. So is Faya (figh-ah), a pet form of Faiga.

This message was edited 8/24/2007, 3:04 AM

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