Samir

Meaning: Holy; jovial; charming; also 'exquisite' (Albanian)
Origin: Arabic/Albanian

Boy's name · #643 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Samir is near its high-water mark: it reached #586 in 2023 and still ranked #643 in 2025. About 11,000 boys have carried it since 1957.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#93 in Ecuador (2025) · #419 in Sweden (2025) · #473 in Poland (2025) · #518 in Norway (2025) · #619 in Switzerland (2025) · #634 in Austria (2025) · #754 in France (2025) · #891 in England & Wales (2025) · #915 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,179 in Belgium (2025) · #1,032 in Canada (2024).

Famous Samirs

Samir Nasri — French footballer (born 1987)
Samir Handanović — Slovenian association football player (born 1984)
Samir Amin — Egyptian-French economist and political theorist (1931–2018)
Samir Ujkani — Albanian-Kosovan footballer
Samir Geagea — Lebanese politician

In stories & tradition

Samir Duran — StarCraft (video game series)
Samir — Team Spirit (film)

What Samirs become

Among 622 notable people named Samir:

Sports figures appear 1.77× more often than among typical names — e.g. Samir Nasri, French footballer (born 1987).

Similar names: Zamir · Dario · Zaire · Karim · Ameer · Zaid

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