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سَيْف الدِّين
Saif al-Din
SAYF-ed-deen
“Sword of the faith.”
About Saif al-Din
Saif al-Din is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "sword of the faith" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Compound: 'sayf' (sword) + 'al-din' (the faith). Classical honorific used widely as a personal name.
Common across Maghrebi, Levantine, and South Asian families.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Boy
Also spelled
Saif Eddine, Saifuddin
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Saif al-Din is one such word.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Saif al-Din
- What does the name Saif al-Din mean?
- Saif al-Din (سَيْف الدِّين) means "Sword of the faith". Compound: 'sayf' (sword) + 'al-din' (the faith). Classical honorific used widely as a personal name.
- Is Saif al-Din a name from the Qur'an?
- Saif al-Din does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Saif al-Din a boy or a girl name?
- Saif al-Din is traditionally a boy's name.
- Where does the name Saif al-Din come from?
- Saif al-Din is an Arabic name, built on the root letters S-Y-F. Common across Maghrebi, Levantine, and South Asian families.
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