Around the globe, Samila (Samila 
, สมิหลา 
, Самила 
) is a common largely girly, but infrequently masculine first name. The first name Samila is characteristic of Sri Lanka, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Mauritius, where it is quite a rare female name, and Brazil. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in India, Brazil, and Nigeria. Very seldom, Samila is the last name as well as the forename.