# Safar

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #83,703

## Definitions
1. The second month of the Islamic calendar.
2. A surname, potentially of German or Arabic origin

## Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic صَفَر (ṣafar), from صَفِرَ (ṣafira, “to be empty”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/safar