Samar
given name · Latin script
Meaning: pleasant conversation, evening or nightly conversation
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈsæmɑɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Samar is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- PKPakistan≈1 in 5.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 4.7Kas Summer
- EGEgypt≈1 in 1.1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Samar itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 173 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
111,487 named Samara, 2022
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Egypt, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Summer in US United States and Shamara in EG Egypt.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
pleasant conversation, evening or nightly conversation
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Samar, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Samar counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | — | 111,487as Samara | 1 in 1.9K | 111K | — | — |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈93,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Shamara | 13 |
| US United States | — | 70,693as Summer | 1 in 4.7K | 70K | Summer | 166 |
| PK Pakistan | #413 | ≈40,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.8K | listed | Samar | 68 |
| SY Syria | — | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Samar | 14 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 5,670as Samara | 1 in 3K | 5.7K | — | 4 |
| SE Sweden | — | 819 | 1 in 12K | 819 | Samar | 15 |
111,487 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INEC — civil registry names; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Samar is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swedish, Samar är en femininform av → Samir.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In English, island, Philippines
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Arabic, dark, brown
as a nameAfrican Muslim Names
In German, weibl. Vom. arabischer Herkunft (arab. samar »vertrauliche nächtliche Unterhal tung« zu arab. samara »sich am Abend oder in der Nacht unterhalten«).
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Salomea, Salomee, Salomeli, Salomey, Salomi, Salomi, Salomia, Salomya
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Samar Dasb. 1929BDBangladeshi musician (1929–2001)
- Samar Banerjeeb. 1930INIndian footballer
- Salma Samar Damlujib. 1954GBIraqi British architect, professor and author
- Samar Jai Singhb. 1966INIndian actor
- Samar Yazbekb. 1970SYSyrian writer and journalist
- Samar Nassarb. 1978JOJordanian Footballer
- Samar Badawib. 1981SASaudi Arabian feminist
- Samar Ishaqb. 1986PKPakistani footballer
- Samar Quptyb. 1989ILactress
- Samar Amer Ibrahim Hamzab. 1995EGEgyptian freestyle wrestler
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 77 sources across 41 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.9K | #4,663 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1K | #4,663 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 819 | #1,962 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 725 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 304 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 270 | #21,040 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 167 | #18,878 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 137 | #18,878 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 60 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2010 | 36 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 29 | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Samar a male or female name?
- Samar is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce Samar?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈsæmɑɹ/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- What does the name Samar mean, and where does it come from?
- pleasant conversation, evening or nightly conversation Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
- In which country does Samar have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 111 thousand people named Samara, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Samar?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 819 people named Samar, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
- How common is Samar compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Samar is the 413th most common given name of 77,659 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Samar?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/samarThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Samar” — the 413th most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.