Samar

Where Samar comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit समर (samara).
— Wiktionary's entry for Samar
  • Sanskrit
  • 2 syllables
Samar through the years
  1. 1973
    First appearance
    #4,505 among boys with 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 on, more boys have.
  3. 2022
    Peak, #1,782
    92 babies named Samar, the most in any year.
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.