Samaria
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning watchpost or guard height.
Babies a year
95
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Samaria by the numbers
Samaria was given to 95 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 241 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Samaria. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Samaria
Names that are said the same way as Samaria, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Samyria5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a protector
Like Samaria, each of these has a protector in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Parkerkeeper of the park; park ranger5,833 in the US (2017)
- Alexadefender of men; form of Alexandra3,888 in the US (2017)
- Alexisdefender, helper2,847 in the US (2017)
- Alexdefender, helper; short form of Alexander or Alexis2,766 in the US (2017)
- Alexandradefender of mankind2,592 in the US (2017)
- Alexandriadefender of mankind; a form of Alexander1,238 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Samaria
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