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Girl Names Starting with Sam-

Sam- baby names and what they mean, with 9 results. Sam- names are used more often as feminine names. Usage of these girl names was at its most widespread in the year 1990 (USAGE OF 1.38%) and is now much lower (USAGE 0.33%, 76%), with names such as Samaria becoming less stylish. Samara (#256) and Samira (#914) are two of the more contemporarily stylish baby names in this list, while Samaan (TOP 21%) and Samayoa (9%) are popular Sam- last names.

Sam- names

Samala - Samya

Samala, var. Sammala, Samale
Stems fr. Hebrew. "Requested of God." Samaa is a slightly favored birth name.

Samantha and variants

Samantha, var. Sammie1, Sammey, Sammee, Sammantha, Samentha, Samey, Sami1, Sam
Based on English, Hebrew languages. "God heard." Popular as last names, and Samantha (UPPER 74%), Samentha, Sammantha are similar to popular surnames Saldanha (UPPER 43%), Sangha (22%), with the -ha suffix.

Samara and variants

Samara, var. Sammara
From Hebrew, Arabic. "Guardian or protected by God." Samara is a familiar (TOP 57%) feminine name, while Sammara is scarce.

Samaria and variants

Samaria, var. Samarie
Origin fr. Hebrew, Arabic languages. "Watch tower." Samaria has diminished in popularity as a girls' name circa 2007.

Samelle1
Form of Semele. From Greek word. Greek mythology .. Unconventional. Samelle is not found in the US Census. See also Shanelle.

Sami and variants

Sami2, var. Sammijo, Sammie2, Sammi, Samma
Origin fr. Hebrew. "God heard." Sami, Samma, Sammi and Sammijo are more uncommon as baby names.

Samira and variants

Samira, var. Samirah
Stems fr. Arabic element. "Evening conversationalist." Samira has surged in popularity since 1880-1889.

Samuela, var. Samuelle, Samuella, Samelle2, Samella
Stems fr. Hebrew. "God heard." Samella is a commonly occurring (TOP 90%) women's name, while Samuela, Samelle, Samuella and Samuelle are uncommonly used.

Samya and variants

Samya, var. Samia
Stems fr. Arabic word. "On high, exalted." Sparing use, with usage of 0.006% for Samya and Samia as girls' names in 2018, lower than 0.007% a year ago.

Quick Reference

Summary Index of names [and variants] for Sam- names for girls.

1. Samala - Samya
Samala [Samale, Sammala], Samantha [Sam, Sami, Samey, Sammie, Sammey, Sammee, Samentha, Sammantha], Samara [Sammara], Samaria [Samarie], Semele [Samelle], Sami [Sammi, Samma, Sammie, Sammijo], Samira [Samirah], Samuela [Samelle, Samella, Samuelle, Samuella], Samya [Samia]

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