Samarra
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Samarra by the numbers
Samarra was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 43 babies in 2004, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Samarra
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 Samarra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Samarra
Names that are said the same way as Samarra, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Samarahevening conversation; a form of Samara75 in the US (2017)
- Samirahentertaining companion in conversation60 in the US (2017)
- Sameeraentertaining companion, one who listens16 in the US (2017)
- Sameraentertaining companion; one who brings joy15 in the US (2017)
- Sameerahentertaining companion, one who keeps vigil3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Samyra40 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Samarra
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