Sumaira
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning brown; dark-skinned.
Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies
Sumaira by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Sumaira.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sumaira. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Samairaevening breeze17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sumaiyaelevated or lofty16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Samaraprotected by god; or from samaria1,002 in the US (2017)
- Samiraentertaining companion; fem. of Samir260 in the US (2017)
- Sumayalofty, high, exalted28 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sairaflowering plant or a form of Sarah; princess20 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean darkness
Like Sumaira, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Melaniedark, black3,232 in the US (2017)
- Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
- Delaneydark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine1,270 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sumaira
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