Sapphire

Where Sapphire comes from

The dictionaries list Sapphire as a given name — a female given name from English from the precious stone — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • English
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1968
    Sapphire Cooper born
    New Zealand field hockey player
  2. 1979
    First appearance
    #10,210 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1987
    Sapphire Elia born
    British actress
  4. 2022
    Peak, #910
    301 babies named Sapphire — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English from the precious stone.
Namesakes
  • Sapphire Elia · British actress, born 1987
  • Sapphire Cooper · New Zealand field hockey player, born 1968

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.