Name profile

Samira

feminine

87First-name usabilityWorkable with minor friction

Evidence coverageLimited

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"Companion in evening talk"; the feminine form of Samir, derived from the Arabic root س م ر (s-m-r), "to talk in the evening."

Why it works

short, simple spelling with no unusual letter patterns
spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating

What to know

pronunciation varies somewhat by language — see "How it travels" for the specifics

Popularity

Uncommon — #723 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Meaning and origin

Samira means "Companion in evening talk"; the feminine form of Samir, derived from the Arabic root س م ر (s-m-r), "to talk in the evening.".

Used in Arabic- and Persian-speaking countries and communities; recorded cross-over popularity in Tatarstan (Russia), Kazakhstan, and other regions with significant Muslim populations.

VerifiedDirectly documented by an independent source, with no competing account on file.

How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

Englishsah-MEE-rah — Arabicresearched pronunciation

TurkishEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; Turkish pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to Turkish speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis

GermanEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; German pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to German speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Also documented

Arabic: /sa.ˈmiː.ra/

Persian: /sæ.miː.ˈɾɒː/

Popularity without panic

Uncommon — #723 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Still uncommon, but no longer unfamiliar.

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Real-world considerations

Spelling note: Sameera.

Explore alternatives

Sameer, Samir (masculine forms)

Documented as a related name or variant form.

Sameera

Documented as a related name or variant form.