Samatar

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Samatar by the numbers

Samatar was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Samatar

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 Samatar. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Samarevening conversation or gathering18 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Salaarwarrior or chief; form of Salih or Sulari61 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Samyar10 in the US (2017)
  • Samaad9 in the US (2017)

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