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Samir
Pronunciation	/səmiːr/; /sæˈmiːr/
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	Arabic: "holy", "jovial", "loyal", "charming"; Albanian: "exquisite", "superb", "perfect";

Samir (also spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia. In Arabic, Samir (سمير) 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 or mononym

Artists and musicians

Sameer (lyricist), Indian lyricist Sameer Anjaan (born 1958)
Samir (filmmaker), Samir Jamal al Din/Jamal Aldin (born 1955), Swiss filmmaker of Iraqi origin
Samir Badran (born 1990), Swedish television personality and singer, half of the duo Samir & Viktor
Samir Chamas (1942–2024), Lebanese actor, writer and voice actor
Sameer Dattani, Indian actor
Sameer Dharmadhikari, Indian actor
Sameer Gadhia, American singer, lead singer of Young the Giant
Sameer Gehlaut (born 1974), Indian businessman
Samir Ghanem (1937–2021), Egyptian comedian
Sameer Hasan, Indian actor
Sameer Hasan, Indian Telugu actor
Samir Mehanović, British film director
Sameer Rajda, Indian Gujarati actor
Sameer Sharma (1976–2020), Indian television actor
Sameer Vidwans, Indian film director

Politicians

Samir Allioui (born 1983), Dutch politician
Samir Frangieh (1945–2017), Lebanese politician
Samir Geagea (born 1952), Lebanese politician
Samir Kassir (1960–2005), Lebanese politician
Sameer Meghe (born 1978), Indian politician
Samir Mouqbel (born 1939), Lebanese politician
Samir Saïed (born 1957), Tunisian politician
Samir Sharifov (born 1961), Azerbaijani politician
Sameer Zuberi (born 1979), Canadian politician

Sportsmen

Samir (footballer, born 1981), Brazilian striker Samir Lima de Araújo
Samir (footballer, born 1994), Brazilian centre back Samir Caetano de Souza Santos
Samir (Cape Verdean footballer), Hélder Samir Lopes Semedo Fernandes (born 1988), forward
Samir Ayass (born 1990), Lebanese footballer
Samir Bannout (born 1955), Lebanese bodybuilder
Samir Bekrić (born 1984), Bosnian footballer
Samir Fazlagić (born 1982), Norwegian footballer
Samir Fazli (born 1991), Macedonian footballer
Samir Hadji (born 1989), Moroccan footballer
Samir Handanovič (born 1984), Slovenian footballer
Samir Karabašić (born 1966), Bosnian canoeist
Samir Mammadov (born 1988), Azerbaijani boxer
Samir Merzić (born 1984), Bosnian footballer
Samir Mohamed (born 2003), Egyptian footballer
Samir Nasri (born 1987), French footballer
Semir Slomić (born 1988), Bosnian footballer
Semir Tuce (born 1964), Bosnian footballer
Samir Ujkani (born 1988), Albanian footballer
Sameer Verma, Indian badminton player
Samir Ziani (born 1990), French boxer

Writers and journalists

Samir Khader, Iraqi journalist
Samir Naqqash (1938–2004), Israeli writer
Sameer Rahim, British literary journalist and novelist

Others

Samir El-Khadem (born 1942), Lebanese former commander of the Lebanese Naval Forces
Samir Naji Al Hasan Moqbel (born 1977), Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
Sameer Parekh, founder of C2Net Software, Inc
Semir Zeki (born 1940), British neuroscientist

Nickname

Ajam Boujarari Mohammed (born 1961), Moroccan football manager known as Samir

Fictional characters

Samir Duran/Emil Narud, in the StarCraft series

References

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