Samir

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sah-MEER
Arabic
"a friend to talk with in the evening"

Samir Origin and Meaning

The name Samir is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "a friend to talk with in the evening".

Samir has a pleasing sound and lovely meaning. One of those distinctive names that can also fit right in—and you could always call him Sam.

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Famous People Named Samir

  • Samir AminEgyptian Marxian economist & professor
  • Samir AyassArab,Bulgarian football midfielder
  • Samir BaracCroatian water,polo player (2000, '04, '08 & '12 Olympics)
  • Samir BekricBosnian professional footballer
  • Samir Chanda (19572011), Indian film director
  • Samir DilouTunisian politician & Minister of Human Rights
  • Samir ElKhadem, former Commander of the Lebanese Naval Forces
  • Samir Elmesirriaward,winning Egyptian artist
  • Samir FazlagicBosnian,Norwegian football player
  • Samir FrangiehLebanese politician & leftist intellectual
  • Samir GarciaHonduran footballer
  • Samir HandanovicBosnian,Slovenian goalkeeper
  • Samir HassaniyehSierra Leonean civil rights activist
  • Samir JavadzadehAzerbaijani pop singer
  • Samir KafityAnglican Bishop working in the Middle East
  • Samir KuntarLebanese kidnapper & murderer
  • Samir LabidiTunisian politician
  • Samir MerzicBosnian footballer
  • Samir MuratovicBosnian footballer playing for Austria
  • Samir NurkovicSerbian football striker
  • Samir Palnitkartechnology entrepreneur, engineer & author
  • Samir RadwanEgyptian politician (Minister of Finance) & liberal
  • Samir SaricBosnian footballer
  • Samir SeleskovicBosnian,Turkish basketball player & current coach
  • Samir ToplakCroatian football coach & former player
  • Samir Zulicretired Slovenian footballer

Samir in Pop Culture

  • Samir de los Canostown of 227 in Castile & Leon, Spain
  • Samir Durancharacter in military science fiction "StarCraft"
  • Samir Amincharacter in "Sims" series
  • Samir FazlinovicBosnian show persona "Crazy, Confused & Normal"