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Samir

Samir: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“companion in evening talk”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
sah-MEER · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

From Arabic Samir, meaning a companion for evening conversation. It is also used in South Asia, especially among Hindi and Urdu speakers.

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How popular is Samir?

2024145 per million US babies
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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 Samir in 2024484

2024 rank#589 boys

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 188010,728

Samir is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Samir

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Amircommander, prince · Arabic
  • Muhammadpraised · Arabic
  • Zaynbeauty, grace · Arabic
  • Omarflourishing, long-lived · Arabic
  • Cairovictorious · Arabic
  • Ibrahimfather of multitudes · Arabic
  • Khalilfriend, beloved · Arabic
  • Malikking · Arabic

Samir questions

What does the name Samir mean?

Samir means "companion in evening talk". It comes from Arabic. From Arabic Samir, meaning a companion for evening conversation. It is also used in South Asia, especially among Hindi and Urdu speakers.

Is Samir a boy or girl name?

Samir is mainly a boy's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Samir?

484 US babies were named Samir in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Samir?

Samir is usually pronounced sah-MEER.

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.