Sameir
Boy · sah-MEER · Arabic
Sameir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “companion in evening talk”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Sameir mean?
Arabic: variant spelling of Samir
“companion in evening talk”
A spelling of Samir, from Arabic samar, the custom of friendly conversation late into the evening.
- Say it
- sah-MEER
Is Sameir a girl's or a boy's name?
Sameir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sameir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Sameir, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. It first appears in the records in 2015.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Sameir of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.
Half of all the boys named Sameir in the US since 1880 were born between 2023 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sameir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
Nicknames for Sameir
- Sam 161 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Sameir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir Zubair Sabir Ahmir Musab Azir Zayaan Zayan Sahib Zayyan Saif Zamir
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