Samar

Where Samar comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit समर (samara).
— Wiktionary's entry for Samar
  • Sanskrit
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1973
    First appearance
    #4,505 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2011
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 2022
    Peak, #1,782
    92 babies named Samar — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.