MEANING & HISTORY
What does Samira mean?
Samira is the feminine form of Arabic Samir in the consulted onomastic account. Samir concerns a companion in evening conversation, from a root for talking in the evening.
The saved English given-name entry also records Persian borrowing, showing a later language route rather than proving an unrelated Persian literal meaning. The Arabic-root explanation should be identified as that account, while the exact reason a particular family chose Samira remains individual.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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EnglishEtymology & source
From Persian سمیرا.
A female given name from Persian mainly used by Persians.
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People with the name Samira
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Samira Gutoc-Tomawis
Philippine journalist and environmentalist
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Samira Gutoc-Tomawis
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Samira in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Samira
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Aira♀Finnish variant of Airi; messenger-name tradition
- Akira♂♀Bright in 明 or 昭; clear in 亮
- Elmira♀Literary form possibly shortened from Edelmira
- Mira♀Distinct Indian, Slavic and shortened-name traditions
- Sahara·As a English geographical-name usage word: the North African desert name
- Sakina·Arabic: calmness or peace
- Sandra♀Short form of Italian Alessandra
- Sara♀Lady or princess
What rhymes with Samira?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Samira further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q1971074 — Samira (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Samira Gutoc-Tomawis (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1971074 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Samira (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Samira (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Samir-1 (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.