Samira

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Самира in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan and 2 more, Sameera in IN India, FR France, Სამირა in GE Georgia and Саміра in 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 across 4 languages 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◐

Samira is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name207K records spelled Samira40 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bangladesh, Brazil, United States, Netherlands

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written Şamira, Sa'Mira, Samira', Samìra, Sàmirà

• Bangla given name107K records spelled Samira51 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bangladesh, India, United States, Spain

  Languages: Bangla, Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Sumira, Shamira, Sumara, Samaira, সামিরা

• a separate given name6.3K records spelled Samira5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Morocco, United States, India, Ethiopia

  Also written Samīrā, Samīra, Samíra, Śamīra

• Finnish given name3.2K records spelled Samira4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, Morocco, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Samīra, Sãmîrå

• Romanian given name1.1K records spelled Samira7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Moldova, Spain, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Șamira, Sâmîŕâ, Sâmīřä, Šãmîřă, Sâmïrà

• Sinhala given name1.0K records spelled Samira2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Nigeria, Morocco

  Also written Samirà

56 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●

Samira is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Arabe, féminin de samīr « compagnon de veillée ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In Swedish, Samira är en femininform till → Samir. En variantform är Semira.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• Krsna (N); Vayu (K)

  as a name·Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

• Siva (K)

  as a name·Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

• In German, weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

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) — 85 years between 1899–2016. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Sameera Moussab. 1917EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian nuclear physicist (1917-1952)
• Samira Khashoggib. 1935SASaudi Arabian writer
• Samira Shahbandarb. 1946IQsecond wife of Saddam Hussein
• Samira Saidb. 1958MAMoroccan actress and singer
• Samira Ahmedb. 1968GBBritish television newsreader and reporter formerly on Channel 4 News
• Samira Sarayab. 1975ILPalestinian actress and nurse of Palestinian descent
• Samira Makhmalbafb. 1980IRIranian film director and screenwriter
• Samira Wileyb. 1987USAmerican actor and model
• Samira Magrounb. 1987TNTunisian actress
• Samira Efendib. 1991AZAzerbaijani singer

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 · 1,161 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Samira?

We estimate roughly 97 thousand people bear Samira (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Samira have the most bearers?

Samira is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled самира.

How common is Samira compared with other names?

In Russia, Samira is the 367th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Samira a male or female name?

Samira is a female 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 Samira mean?

Recorded meaning: Arabic origin, meaning "companion of the evening talks".