Samara
Usage of Samara in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Samara against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Samara is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Featured in baby name books
Samara is a Hebrew name meaning “protected by God” or “ruled by God,” and in Arabic it suggests “evening conversation.” A samara is also the winged seed of elms and maples, and Samara is a Russian city on the Volga. Exotic yet familiar, close to Samantha and Tamara, Samara has caught on since the late 1990s.
Samara in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 957 girls were named Samara, making it the #320 girls' name in the US. Since 1949, 22,764 girls have been named Samara, with the most (1,270) in 2018. It is most common, relative to births, in New Mexico, Nevada and Maryland.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Towns named Samara
There are 21 towns and villages with Samara in their name, in 13 countries.
🇷🇺 Russia 7🇨🇷 Costa Rica 2🇺🇦 Ukraine 2🇧🇷 Brazil 1🇪🇹 Ethiopia 1🇲🇱 Mali 1🇲🇿 Mozambique 1🇳🇦 Namibia 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Samara | Samara Oblast, 🇷🇺 Russia | 1,163,399 | Map |
| Samara | Āfar, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 50,000 | Map |
| Sámara | Guanacaste Province, 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 1,071 | Map |
| Sămara | Arges, 🇷🇴 Romania | 571 | Map |
| As Sāmará | Al Jawf, 🇾🇪 Yemen | 18 | Map |
| Playa Sámara | Guanacaste Province, 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | – | Map |
| Samara | Kayes, 🇲🇱 Mali | – | Map |
| Samara | Niassa Province, 🇲🇿 Mozambique | – | Map |
| Samara | Khomas Region, 🇳🇦 Namibia | – | Map |
| Samara | Kwara State, 🇳🇬 Nigeria | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Celebrities named Samara
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Samara.
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Samara as a pet name
FurryName has found 22 dogs named Samara in public pet registers, making it the #5,627 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Fusagasugá (2), Playford (2), Seattle (1). Samara as a dog name →
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