Samah
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning generosity; magnanimity.
Babies a year
13
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2138
13 babies
Samah by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Samah. In the US, 11 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 American peak was 18 babies in 1991, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Samah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sarahprincess3,986 in the US (2017)
- Samarevening conversation or gathering18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Samiahelevated; lofty; sublime52 in the US (2017)
- Samyahlofty; exalted; feminine form of Samiy20 in the US (2017)
- Safahclarity; purity19 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sanahbrightness; radiance10 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Samah
Names that are said the same way as Samah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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