Save Gender Masculine Usage Arabic, Indonesian, Malay Scripts صفوان(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. /sˤaf.ˈwaːn/(Arabic) /ˈsaf.wan/(Indonesian, Malay) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "stones, rocks" or "pure, clean" in Arabic, ultimately from the root صفا (ṣafā) meaning "to be clear, to be pure". This was the name of two companions of the Prophet Muhammad.