Samir

Where Samir comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Samir.

Samir through the years
  1. 1931
    Samir Amin born
    Egyptian-French economist and political theorist
  2. 1957
    First appearance
    #3,993 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1987
    Samir Nasri born
    French footballer
  4. 2023
    Peak, #586
    488 babies named Samir, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Samir Nasri · French footballer, born 1987
  • Samir Amin · Egyptian-French economist and political theorist, 1931–2018
  • Samir Ujkani · Albanian-Kosovan footballer, born 1988
  • Samir Geagea · Lebanese politician, born 1952
  • Samir El Mourabet · Moroccan association football player, born 2005

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.