Sama
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 84 babies a year in England and Wales.
Sama by the numbers
In 2025, 84 babies in England and Wales were named Sama. In the US, 100 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Sama
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sama. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Saraprincess; variant of Sarah427 in England and Wales (2025)
- Safapure, clear425 in England and Wales (2025)
- Salmasafe, peaceful, secure63 in England and Wales (2025)
- Samiexalted; elevated168 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sanabrilliant, radiant70 in England and Wales (2025)
- Samialofty; elevated117 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Sama
Names that are said the same way as Sama, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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