🔥Samara

Hebrew, Arabic

"under God's rule, companion in night conversation"

Samara Origin and Meaning

The name Samara is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "under God's rule, companion in night conversation".

Alluring and lovely — and much more distinctive now than Samantha or Tamara. Samara is a city in western Russia, a winged seed like the whirlygigs that fall from maple trees, as well as a bona fide first name that could make a more unusual update on Samantha or Mara. It can also be a variant spelling of the Arabic name Samira or Sameera.

Samara Rank in US Top 1000

# 259 in the US

Samara Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 568 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Samara

• 259 US 2023
• 568 Nameberry 2025
• 89 Future 2035
• 849 England 2023
• 47 Mexico 2021

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Famous People Named Samara

• Samara Lubelski American musician
• Samara Lee Ash American child beauty queen on TV's "Toddlers and Tiaras"
• Samara Weaving Australian actress; niece of actor Hugo Weaving
• Samara Felippo (Santana) Brazilian actress

The name Samara in Pop Culture

• Samara Morgan/Samara Osorio character in movie "The Ring"
• Samara an Asari Justicar from the Mass Effect video games
• Samara Cook character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
• Samara a Frank Lloyd Wright building
• The word "samara" has been used in English as the name of the winged fruit of the elm ash, or sycamore since the 16th century. Latin samara means "seed of the elm" from semen "seed."
• Samara is also the Latin name of the River Somme and almost certainly, therefore, the name of a goddess associated with it.
• A Samara is the winged the fruit of the maple tree often referred to as whirlybirds or helicopters in slang terms.