Samer
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Samer är ett arabiskt namn bildat till orden samīr, sāmir ’kamrat, underhållare (vid nattliga samtal)’
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/səmɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Samer is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Syria than in any other country, where it is the 59th most common given name.
- JOJordan≈1 in 465(inferred from the name graph)
- SYSyria≈1 in 655
- LBLebanon≈1 in 1.8K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Syria (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 309 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 465 (inferred from the name graph)
≈30,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Jordan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Samer är ett arabiskt namn bildat till orden samīr, sāmir ’kamrat, underhållare (vid nattliga samtal)’. Se även → Samir.
Sources 1
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Samer counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY Syria | #59 | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 655 | — | Samer | 77 |
| EG Egypt | #460 | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.2K | — | Samer | 123 |
| JO Jordan | #187 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 465 | — | Samer | 124 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #326 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.9K | — | Samer | 121 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #161 | ≈5,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | — | Samer | 135 |
| US United States | — | 3,773 | 1 in 88K | 3.7K | Samer | 309 |
| LB Lebanon | #291 | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Samer | 99 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Samer is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Berufsname: Führer von Saumtieren oder Frachtwagen; Bearer count 119.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Berufsname: Händler mit Saatgut. Bearer count: 119.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In Norwegian Bokmål, indefinite plural of same
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In frr, summer
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ibn al-Khattabb. 1969SAnot in their usual nameSaudi Arabian militant (1969-2002)
- Samer Najarib. 1976CAfilm director
- Samer Abu Daqqab. 1978PSPalestinian photojournalist (1978–2023)
- Samer Tariq Issawib. 1979PSPalestinian activist
- Samer Soreshow Yohannab. 1980IQIraqi Catholic priest
- Samer Ismailb. 1985SYSyrian actor
- Samer Saem Eldahrb. 1989SYSyrian artist, composer and musician
- Samer Ozeirb. 1992USLebanese professional basketball player
- Samer Bisharatb. 1996ILactor
- Samer SalemCACanadian actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 66 sources across 35 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.7K | #4,791 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 102 | #4,791 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 14 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1993 | 5 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Samer?
- A machine transcription gives /səmɝ/ (IPA) for Arabic.
- What does the name Samer mean?
- Recorded meaning: Samer är ett arabiskt namn bildat till orden samīr, sāmir ’kamrat, underhållare (vid nattliga samtal)’.
- Is Samer a male or female name?
- Samer is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Samer have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 30 thousand people named Samer in Syria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled samer.
- How common is the name Samer?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,773 people named Samer in 2020, about 1 in 88 thousand residents.
- How common is Samer compared with other names?
- In Syria, Samer is the 59th most common given name of 109,151 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Samer?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/samerThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Samer” — the 59th most common given name in Syria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.