Samer

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Самер in RU Russia, UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Samer is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name5.7K records spelled Samer2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Iraq, United Kingdom

  Also written Sámer

• Danish given name1.6K records spelled Samer12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, United States

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Śamér, Šâmęr, Sãmêr, Sãmër, Samér

• Hebrew given name258 records spelled Samer5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, Syria, United States, Lebanon

  Also written סאמר, Samr, Śämėř, Sàmer

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Samer is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, Berufsname: Führer von Saumtieren oder Frachtwagen; Bearer count 119.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

• In German, Berufsname: Händler mit Saatgut. Bearer count: 119.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

• In Norwegian Bokmål, indefinite plural of same

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In frr, summer

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 80 years between 1921–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ibn al-Khattabb. 1969SAnot in their usual nameSaudi Arabian militant (1969-2002)
• Samer Najarib. 1976CAfilm director
• Samer Abu Daqqab. 1978PSPalestinian photojournalist (1978–2023)
• Samer Tariq Issawib. 1979PSPalestinian activist
• Samer Soreshow Yohannab. 1980IQIraqi Catholic priest
• Samer Ismailb. 1985SYSyrian actor
• Samer Saem Eldahrb. 1989SYSyrian artist, composer and musician
• Samer Ozeirb. 1992USLebanese professional basketball player
• Samer Bisharatb. 1996ILactor
• Samer SalemCACanadian actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 456 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Samer?

We estimate roughly 6.1 thousand people bear Samer (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Samer have the most bearers?

Samer is most frequently recorded in Syria, where it is most often spelled samer.

How common is Samer compared with other names?

In Syria, Samer is the 68th most common given name of 109,868 given names recorded there.

Is Samer a male or female name?

Samer is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Samer mean?

Recorded meaning: Samer är ett arabiskt namn bildat till orden samīr, sāmir ’kamrat, underhållare (vid nattliga samtal)’.