Samira

Meaning: Entertaining companion, one who talks through the night
Origin: Arabic — Feminine form of Samir

Meaning: Breeze, wind
Origin: Sanskrit

Girl's name · #723 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Samira is climbing: on the charts since 1961, it reached #723 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 390 girls given the name last year. Roughly 8,900 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 27 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#95 in Ecuador (2025) · #112 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #256 in Switzerland (2025) · #275 in Italy (2024) · #323 in Austria (2025) · #365 in Mexico (2024) · #451 in Norway (2025) · #454 in Poland (2025) · #626 in France (2025) · #699 in Sweden (2025) · #856 in Belgium (2025) · #997 in England & Wales (2025) and 5 more.

Famous Samiras

Samira Said — Moroccan-Egyptian actress and singer (born 1958)
Samira Efendi — Azerbaijani singer (born 1991)
Samira Wiley — American actress (born 1987)
Samira Makhmalbaf — Iranian filmmaker (born 1980)
Samira Khashoggi — Saudi author and journalist (1935–1986)

In stories & tradition

Samira Mohan — Fictional character from The Pitt
Samira — Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (novel series)
Samira Adin — General Hospital (TV series)

What Samiras become

Among 277 notable people named Samira:

Entertainers appear 1.58× more often than among typical names — e.g. Samira Said, Moroccan-Egyptian actress and singer (born 1958).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Samirah (#2562), Samira would rank around #637 with about 460 births last year — the newborns split about 85/15 between Samira and Samirah.

Similar names: Zhamira · Noor · Zainab · Meera · Zahra · Amira

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