Samaia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Samaia by the numbers
Samaia was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Samaia
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 Samaia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Samaraprotected by god; or from samaria1,002 in the US (2017)
- Samialofty; elevated117 in the US (2017)
- Samariawatchpost or guard height95 in the US (2017)
- Samairaevening breeze17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Samaasky; heaven; lofty4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Saraiaprincess of the lord; variant of Sarai8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Samaia
Names that are said the same way as Samaia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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