Somara
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Somara by the numbers
Somara was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Somara
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 Somara. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Samaraprotected by god; or from samaria1,002 in the US (2017)
- Siomarafamous in victory; a form of Sigihard6 in the US (2017)
- Solara40 in the US (2017)
- Somaya37 in the US (2017)
- Samiraentertaining companion; fem. of Samir260 in the US (2017)
- Sorayaprincess or star constellation76 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Somara
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