Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Safer

Safer /saˈfeɾ/

“second month of the Islamic year”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
S
Contents§1–§9
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Notable people
  6. §6As a first name
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Safer?

Safer

IPA /saˈfeɾ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Safer mean?

Safer is the name of the second month of the Islamic calendar. It comes from Arabic ṣafar, which according to Nişanyan also means ‘hunger, emptiness’ and shares its root with sıfır ‘zero’. Nişanyan Adlar reports that the month is said to have been so named because it fell in a time of famine.1

Safer is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Safer made of?

Safer is a single Arabic root: safer (second month of the Islamic calendar).

Safer root safer second month of theIslamic calendar ARABIC safer “hunger, emptiness;second Islamic month” Safer safer root second month of the Islamic calendar safer ARABIC “hunger, emptiness; secondIslamic month”
Safer: parts and root words
  • safer Arabic — hunger, emptiness; second Islamic month1

How was the name Safer formed?

Safer is the word safer (“second month of the Islamic calendar”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Who are some well-known people named Safer?

  1. İzzet Safer athletics competitor 1990–

People surnamed Safer as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.

Is Safer also a first name?

Yes. Safer is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “second month of the Islamic year”.

Safer as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: safer accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Safer accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Safer

Q1

What does the surname Safer mean?

Safer is the name of the second month of the Islamic calendar. It comes from Arabic ṣafar, which according to Nişanyan also means ‘hunger, emptiness’ and shares its root with sıfır ‘zero’. Nişanyan Adlar reports that the month is said to have been so named because it fell in a time of famine.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Safer?

The root word of Safer is safer (Arabic): “hunger, emptiness; second Islamic month”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Safer?

Sa·fer, 2 syllables; IPA: /saˈfeɾ/.