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Sama

Sama: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“sky, heaven”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
SAH-mah · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Arabic Samāʾ means 'sky' or 'heaven'. Sama is used as a given name in Arabic-speaking communities; in other languages the name may have different origins.

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How popular is Sama?

202449.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Sama in 2024163

2024 rank#1,382 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,625

Sama is rising: use over the last five years is 2.2× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Sama

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Lilahnight · Arabic
  • Lilanight · Arabic
  • Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
  • Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Sama questions

What does the name Sama mean?

Sama means "sky, heaven". It comes from Arabic. Arabic Samāʾ means 'sky' or 'heaven'. Sama is used as a given name in Arabic-speaking communities; in other languages the name may have different origins.

Is Sama a boy or girl name?

Sama is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Sama?

163 US babies were named Sama in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Sama?

Sama is usually pronounced SAH-mah.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.