Samori

A boys’ 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

Samori by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 9 babies in 1999, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Samori

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

  • Satorisudden enlightenment or awakening in zen buddhism10 in the US (2017)
  • Samari58 in the US (2017)
  • Samora20 in the US (2017)
  • Samircompanion in evening conversation333 in the US (2017)
  • Samarevening conversation or gathering18 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Safarijourney, expedition30 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Samori

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