Samir

For other uses, see Samir (disambiguation).

This article is about the Arabic originated name. For Sanskrit originated name, see Samīr (given name).

Samir (also spelled Sameer) (see Samīr in Sanskrit) is a male name found commonly in South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia. In Arabic, Samir (سمير) means "holy", "jovial", "loyal" or "charming". In Albanian, it translates literally as "so good" but the connotation is closer to "exquisite", "superb" or "perfect". Samira is the feminine spelling, also found in both languages.

Samir

Pronunciation	/səmiːr/ /sæˈmiːr/
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	Arabic: "holy", "jovial", "loyal" or "charming" Albanian: "exquisite", "superb" or "perfect"

People with the name

Given name

Artists and musicians

• Samir (filmmaker) (born 1955), Samir Jamal al Din / Jamal Aldin, a Swiss film maker of Iraqi origin
• Samir Badran (born 1990), Swedish television personality and singer, part of duo Samir & Viktor
• Samir Chamas (1942-2024), Lebanese actor, writer and voice actor
• Samir Ghanem (1937-2021), Egyptian comedian

Politicians

• Samir Allioui (born 1983), Dutch politician
• Samir Frangieh (1945-2017), Lebanese politician
• Samir Geagea (born 1952), Lebanese politician
• Samir Kassir (1960-2005), Lebanese politician
• Samir Mouqbel (born 1939), Lebanese politician
• Samir Saïed (born 1957), Tunisian politician
• Samir Sharifov (born 1961), Azerbaijani politician
• Sameer Zuberi (born 1979), Canadian politician

Sportsmen

• Samir (footballer, born 1981) (born 1981), Samir Lima de Araújo, Brazilian striker
• Samir (footballer, born 1994) (born 1994), Samir Caetano de Souza Santos, Brazilian centre back
• Samir (Cape Verdean footballer) (born 1988), Hélder Samir Lopes Semedo Fernandes (born 1988), forward
• Samir Ayass (born 1990), Lebanese footballer
• Samir Bannout (born 1955), Lebanese bodybuilder
• Samir Bekrić (born 1984), Bosnian footballer
• Samir Fazlagić (born 1982), Norwegian footballer
• Samir Fazli (born 1991), Macedonian footballer
• Samir Hadji (born 1989), Moroccan footballer
• Samir Handanovič (born 1984), Slovenian footballer
• Samir Karabašić (born 1966), Bosnian canoeist
• Samir Mammadov (born 1988), Azerbaijani boxer
• Samir Merzić (born 1984), Bosnian footballer
• Samir Nasri (born 1987), French footballer
• Samir Mohamed (born 2003), Egyptian footballer
• Semir Slomić (born 1988), Bosnian footballer
• Semir Tuce (born 1964), Bosnian footballer
• Samir Ujkani (born 1988), Albanian footballer
• Samir Ziani (born 1990), French boxer

Others

• Samir El-Khadem (born 1942), Lebanese former Commander of the Lebanese Naval Forces
• Samir Khader, Iraqi journalist
• Samir Mehanović, British film director
• Samir Naji Al Hasan Moqbel (born 1977), Yemeni guantanamo detainee
• Samir Naqqash (1938-2004), Israeli writer
• Semir Zeki (born 1940), British neuroscientist

Fictional characters

Samir Duran/Emil Narud, a character in the StarCraft series

Nickname

• Ajam Boujarari Mohammed (born 1961), Moroccan football manager known as Samir

See also

• Sameer (disambiguation)
• Samira, an Arabic female given name and a Sanskrit male given name

References