Samira

Samira
Pronunciation	/sæˈmiːrə/
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	Arabic: night-companion
Other names
Related names	Samir

Samira (also spelled Samirah, Sameera, and Sameerah /sæˈmiːrə/, Arabic: سميرة is an Arabic female given name. It is derived from the root s-m-r ('to spend the night in talking'),^[1] ultimately meaning night-companion, entertaining companion, the one with lively conversation.^[2] The masculine version of this name is Samir.

People[]

Samira[]

Samira Ahmed (born 1968), British television reporter
Samira Asghari (born 1994), Afghan member of the International Olympic Committee
Samira Awad (born 2000), Lebanese footballer
Samira Bellil (1972–2004), French feminist working for the rights of women in traditional Muslim settings
Samira Besic, German of singer of Bosnian origin of the Eurodance group Maxx
Samira Efendi, Azerbaijani singer, who will represent Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Samira Gutoc (born 1974), Filipino journalist and politician
Samira Makhmalbaf (born 1980), Iranian film director
Samira Mighty (born 1996), English television personality and actress
Samira Mubareka (born 1972), Canadian clinical scientist
Samira Said (born 1958), Moroccan pop singer
Samira Shahbandar, Saddam Hussein's second wife
Samira Tewfik (born 1935), Lebanese Syrian singer of Bedouin dialect
Samira Wiley (born 1987), American actress
Princess Samira, a fictional princess in Shimmer and Shine

Sameera[]

Sameera Al Bitar (born 1990), Olympic swimmer from Bahrain
Sameera bint Ibrahim Rajab, Bahraini politician
Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist
Sameera Perera (born 1988), Sri Lankan cricketer
Sameera Reddy (born 1980), Indian film actress
Sameera Sadamal (born 1993), Sri Lankan cricketer
Sameera Saneesh, Indian costume designer in Malayalam film

Fictional Characters[]

Samira, The Desert Rose, a playable champion character in the MOBA video game League of Legends

References[]

^ "H. Anthony Salmoné, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary, سَمَرَ". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
^ 'Night-companion': "H. Anthony Salmoné, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary, سَمِيْر". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-18. 'Entertaining companion': "Samira - Meaning of name Samira at BabyNames.com". www.babynames.com. Retrieved 2017-08-19. 'The one with lively conversation': "Samira - Meaning And Origin Of The Name Samira | BabyNames.co.uk". Baby Names. Retrieved 2017-08-19.

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[1] "H. Anthony Salmoné, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary, سَمَرَ". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-27.

[2] 'Night-companion': "H. Anthony Salmoné, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary, سَمِيْر". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-18. 'Entertaining companion': "Samira - Meaning of name Samira at BabyNames.com". www.babynames.com. Retrieved 2017-08-19. 'The one with lively conversation': "Samira - Meaning And Origin Of The Name Samira | BabyNames.co.uk". Baby Names. Retrieved 2017-08-19.

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