Samir

Samīr سمير is an Arabic masculine given name. Samīr سمير means companion or friend.

Etymology

Two very different and unrelated etymologies exist:

• In Arabic Samīr سمير means companion or friend.
• In Sanskrit, Sameer (Devanagari: समीर) means wind or breeze.

Variations

Variants of the name can have different pronunciations, as in the Indian Sameer, Arab Samir, Bosnian Semir, Turkish Semih and so on.

Uses as names

Sameers of Indian origin or nationality

• Sameer (lyricist), Indian lyricist
• Sameer Athalye, Indian cinematographer
• Sameer Bhattacharya, American rocker
• Sameer Bhujbal, Indian Member of Parliament
• Sameer Dad, Indian hockey player
• Sameer Dattani, Indian actor
• Sameer Dighe, Indian cricketer
• Sameer Gehlaut, Indian businessman
• Sameer Group of Companies, in Kenya
  • Sameer Cup 1996–97, Kenyan cricket tournament
• Sameer Iqbal Patel, Indian actor and writer
• Sameer Khakhar, Indian actor
• Sameer Kochhar, Indian actor
• Sameer Mishra, winner of the 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee
• Sameer Nair, Indian CEO
• Sameer Parekh, American libertarian
• Sameer Rajda, Indian actor
• Sameer Reddy, Indian cinematographer
• Sameer P. Sarkar, British-American psychiatrist
• Samir Subash Naik, Indian footballer
• Sameer Rao, Computer Engineer
• Sameer Shinde, Student Hyderabad

Arab-related

• Samir Geagea a Lebanese politician
• Samir Ghanem, an Egyptian comedian
• Samir Kassir a Lebanese politician
• Samir Nasri, a French footballer
• Samir Mammadov Azerbaijani boxer
• Samir Naji Al Hasan Moqbel, GITMO detainee

Bosnia-related

• Semir Štilić
• Semir Slomić
• Samir Muratović
• Samir Šarić
• Samir Karabašić
• Samir Merzić
• Samir Mehanović
• Samir Bekrić
• Samir Fazlagić

See also

• Samira