Samira

Where Samira comes from

From Persian سمیرا.
— Wiktionary's entry for Samira
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1958
    Samira Said born
    Moroccan actress and singer
  2. 1961
    First appearance
    #6,567 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1991
    Samira Efendi born
    Azerbaijani singer
  4. 2025
    Peak, #723
    387 babies named Samira — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Persian mainly used by Persians.
Namesakes
  • Samira Said · Moroccan actress and singer, born 1958
  • Samira Efendi · Azerbaijani singer, born 1991
  • Samira Makhmalbaf · Iranian film director and screenwriter, born 1980
  • Samira Tawfiq · musical artist, born 1935
  • Samira Bellil · French feminist activist and campaigner for the rights of girls and women, 1972–2004

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.