Samera
Girl · sa-MEER-a · Arabic
Samera is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “companion in evening talk”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Samera mean?
Arabic: spelling of Samira
“companion in evening talk”
Feminine of Samir, from the Arabic samar, conversation shared in the evening.
- Say it
- sa-MEER-a
Is Samera a girl's or a boy's name?
Samera is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samera in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 25 girls.
Half of all the girls named Samera in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Samera in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 17 | #1,227 |
| 1996 | 25 | #905 |
How popular is Samera in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Samera, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Samera in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 500 girls in the US were given Samera or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #593, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
Samera in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Nicknames for Samera
- Sam 161 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Samera
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Safiya Hiba Sumayyah Hafsa Salma Halima Safia Khadija Amira Zainab
Other spellings of Samera
Names related to Samera
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