Samoni

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Samoni by the numbers

Samoni was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Samoni

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

  • Salonibeautiful woman; one who is lovely7 in the US (2017)
  • Samone21 in the US (2017)
  • Samani7 in the US (2017)
  • SimoneGod has heard; feminine form of Simon373 in the US (2017)
  • SymoneGod has heard; a variant of Simone72 in the US (2017)
  • SimonaGod has heard; feminine form of Simon20 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Samoni

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