Gender: Feminine
Origin: Arabic; Sanskrit  سميرة‎, समीर
(sah-MEE-rah)

The name is a feminine form of the Arabic or Sanskrit male name, Samir.

Currently, Samira is the 89th most popular female name in Germany, (2011).

Other forms of the name include:

• Samira Самира (Azeri/Chechen/Kazakh/Kyrgyz/Tatar/Tajik/Turkmen/Uzbek)
• Zamira Замира (Azeri/Chechen/Kazakh/Russian/Tajik/Turkmen)
• Samira  مخملباف (Farsi)
• Sameera (Indian)
• Semra (Bosnian/Turkish)

Samira is used in Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, throughout Central Asia and within the Middle East.