Shemar
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 35 babies a year in the US.
Shemar by the numbers
Shemar was given to 35 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 335 babies in 2001, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Shemar
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 Shemar. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Shamarguardian, protector94 in the US (2017)
- Shepardsheep herder; variant spelling of Shepherd225 in the US (2017)
- Samarevening conversation or gathering18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shermanone who shears; shearer47 in the US (2017)
- Shamirhard stone; a precious gem33 in the US (2017)
- Shomarifirm; strong12 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shemar
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