Samir
An Arabic name that means "companion in evening talk". Only about 1,200 men in Poland carry it, and it's given less often now than back in the 2000s, so most people here have never met one.
Samir Pronunciation
Samir is pronounced SAH-meer (/ˈsamir/).
What Samir means
Where Samir comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Samir belongs to the Arabic-speaking world, a name heard from Syria to Morocco to the Gulf. Its short meaning is a companion in evening talk. The Arabic root samar names the cool hours after sunset, when neighbours gather to sit and speak, and a samir is the one who keeps you company through them.
The name carries no Polish diminutive, no local short form to trim it down. It needs none. On a class register in Kraków it stands as Samir, complete, a few lines above Zuzanna.
Real bearers give the name its record. Samir Nasri played football for France and Manchester City. Samir Amin, born in Cairo in 1931, became one of the sharpest economists writing on the global South. Both answered to a name that means, plainly, the companion of evening talk.
How many people are named Samir
1 in 18260 men in Poland is named Samir. 1,169 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #890 among male names.
Samir's popularity over time
5 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #957 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2005. Still the #890 name among living men, even as it slips to #957 among newborns.
Where Samir is most popular
Samir is most popular in Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 204% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Silesian (+119%) and Lower Silesian (+112%).
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian2 boys born+204%
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Silesian3 boys born+119%
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Lower Silesian2 boys born+112%
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Masovian4 boys born+88%
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Greater Poland2 boys born+54%
Samir as a middle name
Samir is a first name for 1,169 men in Poland and a middle name for another 158, an 88/12 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 555th, between Kenneth (159) and Xawery (158).
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#553 Mustafa160
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#554 Kenneth159
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#555 Samir158
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#556 Xawery158
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#557 Nam157