Samatha
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Samatha by the numbers
Samatha was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 248 babies in 1989, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Samatha
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 Samatha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Samaraprotected by god; or from samaria1,002 in the US (2017)
- Samariawatchpost or guard height95 in the US (2017)
- Samairaevening breeze17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Samantaeven-minded or peaceful; a form of Samantha24 in the US (2017)
- Samadhimeditative absorption or enlightenment14 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Samatha
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