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[Facts] 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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- 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.

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- 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.
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- 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".
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- Becki (dreadfulxsorry)
8/17/2007, 9:31 AM
- 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.
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- 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!

This message was edited 8/17/2007, 7:21 AM

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- penguiny7
8/17/2007, 10:43 AM
I don't either. I just thought FIGH would rhyme with see. :)
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