Sumir

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Samir in IN India, US United States, BR Brazil and 19 more, Sameer in FR France, SA Saudi Arabia, PK Pakistan and 1 more, Самир in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan and Самір 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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 2 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◐

Sumir is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Japanese given name23 records spelled Sumir3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Japan, United States, Peru, India

  Also written Sumire, Sumirè

• Turkish given name22 records spelled Sumir3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United Kingdom, India

  Also written Sümir

28 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●

Sumir is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, to disappear

  as a word·A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese

• In non, masculine nominative plural of sumr

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

• In Portuguese, to vanish, to disappear

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

• In Galician, to cave in; to sink

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

• In Spanish, to submerge

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

• In Icelandic, some

  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) — 66 years between 1921–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 112 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Sumir?

We estimate roughly 169 thousand people bear Sumir (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Sumir have the most bearers?

Sumir is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled samir.

How common is Sumir compared with other names?

In India, Sumir is the 257th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Sumir a male or female name?

Sumir is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.