Samir

Where Samir comes from

Samir hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1931
    Samir Amin born
    Egyptian-French economist and political theorist
  2. 1957
    First appearance
    #3,993 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1987
    Samir Nasri born
    French footballer
  4. 2023
    Peak, #586
    488 babies named Samir — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Samir Nasri · French footballer, born 1987
  • Samir Amin · Egyptian-French economist and political theorist, 1931–2018
  • Samir Ujkani · Albanian-Kosovan footballer, born 1988
  • Samir Geagea · Lebanese politician, born 1952
  • Samir El Mourabet · Moroccan association football player, born 2005

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.