Semir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- seh-MEER
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Semir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “evening companion”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Semir mean?
Arabic: Bosnian and Turkish form of Samir
“evening companion”
Is Semir a girl's or a boy's name?
Semir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Semir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Semir, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Semir in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Semir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Names like Semir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir Samir Amir Zamir Ahmir Hamza Nasir Nazir Zayd Muhammad Jamir Saif
Names related to Semir
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Semir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/semir, updated 20 October 2026.