Samyria

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Samyria by the numbers

Samyria was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 12 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Samyria

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

  • Samariawatchpost or guard height95 in the US (2017)
  • Samyra40 in the US (2017)
  • Samyia10 in the US (2017)
  • Sameria8 in the US (2017)
  • Samaraprotected by god; or from samaria1,002 in the US (2017)
  • Samiraentertaining companion; fem. of Samir260 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Samyria

Names that are said the same way as Samyria, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Samariahwatched by god; a form of Samaria or Samaria-related names19 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Samyria

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