Samara

Where Samara comes from

Borrowed from Russian Сама́ра (Samára).
— Wiktionary's entry for Samara
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1949
    First appearance
    #5,244 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1992
    Samara Weaving born
    Australian actress and model
  3. 1999
    Samara Joy born
    American jazz singer
  4. 2018
    Peak, #256
    1,270 babies named Samara — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Samara Weaving · Australian actress and model, born 1992
  • Samara Joy · American jazz singer, born 1999
  • Samara Felippo · Brazilian actress, born 1978
  • Samara Vieira · Brazilian handball player, born 1991
  • Samara Karimova · Kyrgyz singer, born 1991

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.