Samara is a girl's name of Portuguese origin meaning “summer water.” In 2024 it was given to 997 girls in the United States.
Samara belongs to the Portuguese tradition. Its meaning — “summer water” — is the sense carried by its Portuguese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Samara first appears in Social Security records in 1949. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #256 in 2018, and in 2024 997 babies received the name — 21,802 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Samara means “summer water” in its Portuguese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Samara is a girl name. In 2024, 997 babies received the name in the US.
Samara comes from the Portuguese tradition.
Samara first appears in US records in 1949. Its best-ever ranking was #256 in 2018, and 997 babies were given the name in 2024.
Samara is pronounced /and/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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