Samir
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Samir (also spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia. In Arabic, Samir () means "holy", "jovial", "loyal", or "charming". In Albanian, it literally means "so good" but loosely "exquisite", "superb", or "perfect". Samira is the feminine spelling, also found in both languages.
Key facts
- Given name.gender
- Male
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- male given name
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- language of work or name
- Arabic
- different from
- Samir
- native label
- Samir
- given name version for other gender
- Samira
- writing system
- Latin script
- Soundex
- S560
- Cologne phonetics
- 867
- Caverphone
- SM1111
- Commons category
- Samir (given name)
- IPA transcription
- saˈmir
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Encyclopedic overview
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- People with the name
- Given name
- Artists and musicians
- Politicians
- Sportsmen
- Others
- Fictional characters
- Nickname
- See also
- References
Samir (also spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia. In Arabic, Samir () means "holy", "jovial", "loyal", or "charming". In Albanian, it literally means "so good" but loosely "exquisite", "superb", or "perfect". Samira is the feminine spelling, also found in both languages.
==People with the name== ===Given name=== ====Artists and musicians==== Samir (filmmaker) (born 1955), Samir Jamal al Din/Jamal Aldin, Swiss filmmaker of Iraqi origin Samir Badran (born 1990), Swedish television personality and singer, part of duo Samir & Viktor Samir Chamas (1942–2024), Lebanese actor, writer and voice actor Samir Ghanem (1937–2021), Egyptian comedian
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