Samari
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 58 babies a year in the US.
Samari by the numbers
Samari was given to 58 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 93 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Samari
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 Samari. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Samarevening conversation or gathering18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Safarijourney, expedition30 in the US (2017)
- Sakarigod has remembered; Finnish form of Zacharias28 in the US (2017)
- Shamari23 in the US (2017)
- Sammihis name is God; diminutive of Samuel or Samantha26 in the US (2017)
- Shomarifirm; strong12 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Samari
Names that are said the same way as Samari, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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