Samir
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| Samir |
| Pronunciation |
/sæˈmiːr/ |
| Gender |
Male |
| Origin |
| Meaning |
Arabic: companion or friend
Sanskrit: gentle wind or cool breeze |
Samir (also spelled Sameer, Arabic: سمير, Samīr, Sanskrit: समीर) is a male given name with two origins, in Arabic and Sanskrit.
Variant spellings of the name include, the Indian and Nepali Sameer, and the Bosnian and Turkish Semir. and Persian Samir.
[edit] Given name
- Sameer (lyricist), Indian lyricist
- Samir Allioui, Dutch politician
- Samir Bannout, Lebanese bodybuilder
- Samir Bekrić, Bosnian footballer
- Sameer Dattani, Indian actor
- Samir Geagea, Lebanese politician
- Samir Ghanem, Egyptian comedian
- Samir Fazlagić, Norwegian footballer
- Samir Fazli, Macedonian footballer
- Samir Hadji, Moroccan footballer
- Samir Handanovič, Slovenian footballer
- Samir Karabašić, Bosnian canoeist
- Samir Kassir, Lebanese politician
- Samir El-Khadem, Lebanese former Commander of the Lebanese Naval Forces
- Samir Khader, Iraqi journalist
- Sameer Kochhar, Indian actor
- Samir Mammadov, Azerbaijani boxer
- Samir Mehanović, British film director
- Samir Merzić, Bosnian footballer
- Samir Naji Al Hasan Moqbel, Yemeni guantanamo detainee
- Samir Muratović, Bosnian footballer
- Samir Nasri, French footballer
- Samir Šarić, Bosnian footballer
- Samir Soni, Indian actor
- Semir Slomić, Bosnian footballer
- Semir Štilić, Bosnian footballer
- Semir Tuce, Bosnian footballer
- Semir Zeki, British neuroscientist
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[edit] See also