- Meaning
- Meaning not certain
- Arabic
- سفيان
- Say it
- suf-YAAN
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
About the meaning
An old Arab name; the dictionaries do not agree on its meaning.
Famous people with this name
- Sufyan al-Thawri, scholar of Kufa
- Sufyan ibn Uyayna, scholar of Mecca
Other spellings
Sofiane, Sufian, Süfyan
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Questions about Sufyan
What does Sufyan mean?
Meaning not certain. An old Arab name; the dictionaries do not agree on its meaning.
Is Sufyan in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Sufyan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Sufyan is a boy’s name.
How do you write Sufyan in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Sufyan is written سفيان.