Shamirah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shah-MEER-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
Shamirah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shamirah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Shamira; feminine of Shamir; also taken as a variant of Arabic Samira
In Jewish legend the shamir was a wonder that could cut stone, used to build Solomon's Temple.
Meaning borrowed from Shamira.
Is Shamirah a girl's or a boy's name?
Shamirah is a girls' name.
How popular is Shamirah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Shamirah in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shamirah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
Names like Shamirah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah, Aaliyah, Farah, Safiya, Samiyah, Taliyah, Sumayyah, Safa, Summer, Zaniyah, Naziyah, Zakiyah
Names related to Shamirah
Samira, Samari, Samirah, Zhamira, Zamirah, Shamari, Shamira, Samyrah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Shamirah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shamirah, updated 20 October 2026.