Samir (variantly spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe. In Arabic, Samir () means holy, jovial, loyal or charming. In Albanian, it translates literally as “so good” but the connotation is closer to 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), Samir Jamal al Din / Jamal Aldin, a Swiss film maker of Iraqi origin *

Samir Badran Samir Gustav Badran ( ar, سمير غوستاف بدران; born May 25, 1990) is a Swedish television personality and singer. Since 2022 he has been working as a real estate agent. Career In 2013, Badran participated in the reality series ''Pa ...

, Swedish television personality and singer, part of duo

Samir & Viktor Samir & Viktor or Samir och Viktor was a Swedish music duo that consists of ''Paradise Hotel'' contestant Samir Badran and fashion blogger Viktor Frisk. Samir & Viktor participated in Melodifestivalen 2015 with the song "Groupie", which finished ...

Samir Chamas Samir Chamas (, 25 November 1942) is a Lebanese actor, writer, journalist and voice actor. Personal life Chamas has been married Siham Abu Al-Izz and he has two children, Rabih and Rima. Filmography Film Television *Spotlight. 2011 * ...

, Lebanese actor, writer and voice actor *

Samir Ghanem Samir Yousef Ghanem ( ar, سمير يوسف غانم; 15 January 1937 – 20 May 2021) was an Egyptian comedian, singer, and entertainer. Career Ghanem was born in al-ʿAtawlah, Asyut Governorate. He earned a bachelor's degree in Agriculture f ...

, Egyptian comedian * Samir Soni, Indian actor

Politicians

Samir Allioui Samir Allioui (born 1983) is a Dutch politician and activist. From August 2009 to April 2010, Allioui served as the Co-President of Pirate Parties International, firstly with Pat Mächler and later with Jerry Weyer. He was later elected a Co-Ch ...

, Dutch politician *

Samir Frangieh Samir Frangieh (4 December 1945 – 11 April 2017) was a Lebanese politician and a leftist intellectual. He was a member of the Lebanese Parliament. He was from the Frangieh family, one of the well-known political families of Lebanon. Early li ...

, Lebanese politician *

Samir Geagea Samir Farid Geagea ( ar, سمير فريد جعجع Lebanese pron.: , also spelled Samir Ja'ja'; born 25 October 1952) is a Lebanese politician and militia commander who has been leading the Lebanese Forces party and dissolved militia ...

, Lebanese politician * Samir Kassir, Lebanese politician *

Samir Mouqbel Samir Mouqbel ( ar, سمير مقبل) (born 1939) is a Lebanese politician. He was the deputy prime minister and defense minister of Lebanon. Early life and education Mouqbel was born in 1939. He graduated from the American University of Beir ...

(born 1939), Lebanese politician *

Samir Saïed Samir Saïed (Arabic: سمير سعيد ) (born 1957) is a Tunisian politician. He has been minister of economy and planning in the Bouden Cabinet The Bouden Cabinet is the current government of Tunisia. It is headed by Najla Bouden, the fir ...

, Tunisian politician *

Samir Sharifov Samir Rauf oghlu Sharifov ( az, Samir Rauf oğlu Şərifov; born 7 September 1961) is an Azerbaijani politician serving as the Minister of Finance of Azerbaijan Republic. Early life Sharifov was born on 7 September 1961. In 1983, he graduated ...

, Azerbaijani politician *

Sameer Zuberi Sameer Zuberi MP (born in August 1979) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the federal riding of Pierrefonds—Dollard in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election, sitting as a member of the Libera ...

, Canadian politician

Sportsmen

Samir Ayass Samir Ahmed Ayass ( ar, سمير أحمد أياس, ; bg, Самир Ахмед Аяс; born 24 December 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Coming through the youth system, Ayass began his senior career in 2008 at ho ...

(born 1990), Lebanese footballer * Samir Bannout, Lebanese bodybuilder * Samir Bekrić, Bosnian footballer *

Samir Fazlagić Samir Fazlagić (born 21 October 1982) is a former professional football player who last played for Kongsvinger Kongsvinger () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Glåmdal. The admin ...

, Norwegian footballer *

Samir Fazli Samir Fazli ( mk, Самир Фазли; born 22 April 1991) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turan in the Kazakhstan Premier League. Early life Born in Skopje, Fazli lived in Canada for some time, attending ...

, Macedonian footballer *

Samir Hadji Samir Hadji (born 12 September 1989, in Creutzwald) is a footballer who plays for the Luxembourgian club F91 Dudelange as a striker. Born in France, he has represented Morocco at youth level. Personal life He is the son of former Moroccan int ...

, Moroccan footballer * Samir Handanovič, Slovenian footballer * Samir Karabašić, Bosnian canoeist * Samir Mammadov, Azerbaijani boxer * Samir Merzić, Bosnian footballer * Samir Nasri, French

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

* Semir Slomić, Bosnian footballer * Semir Tuce, Bosnian footballer * Samir Ujkani, Albanian footballer * Samir Ziani, French boxer

Others

Samir El-Khadem Samir El-Khadem (Arabic: سمير الخادم; born September 25, 1942 in Tripoli, Lebanon) is the former Commander of the Lebanese Navy, Lebanese Naval Forces, and an author, historian, and currently the Director of the Institute for East and West ...

, Lebanese former Commander of the Lebanese Naval Forces * Samir Khader, Iraqi journalist *

Samir Mehanović Samir Mehanović is a Bosnian and British BAFTA and IDFA award-winning film director, producer, and screenwriter. He came to the United Kingdom as an immigrant from the Bosnian war and has lived in UK since 1995. Samir developed his crafts as wri ...

, British film director *

Samir Naji Al Hasan Moqbel Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel is a citizen of Yemen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internee Security Number was 043. The Department of Defense reports Moqbel ...

, Yemeni guantanamo detainee *

Samir Naqqash Samir Naqqash ( he, סמיר נקאש, ar, سمير نقاش; 1938 in Baghdad – 6 July 2004, in Petah Tikva) was an Israeli novelist, short-story writer, and playwright who immigrated from Iraq at the age of 13. Biography Samir Naqqash was bo ...

, Israeli writer *

Semir Zeki Semir Zeki FMedSci FRS is a British and French neurobiologist who has specialised in studying the primate visual brain and more recently the neural correlates of affective states, such as the experience of love, desire and beauty that are ge ...

, British neuroscientist * Sameer khan , Azamgarh UP Se hain

Middle name

Hélder Samir Lopes Semedo Fernandes Hélder Samir Lopes Semedo Fernandes, known as Samir (born 13 October 1988) is a Cape Verdean football player who plays for Sertanense. He also holds Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation ...

, Cape Verdean footballer known simply as Samir Ali

Nickname

Ajam Boujarari Mohammed Ajam Boujarari Mohammed (born 3 April 1961), known as Samir, is a Moroccan professional football manager. Coaching career In 1998, Samir became assistant coach for Japan national football team under manager Philippe Troussier. After the 2002 FIF ...

, Moroccan football manager known as Samir

Ships

* A ship built in 1933, originally a German fishing trawler named

Carl Röver Carl Georg Röver (February 12, 1889May 15, 1942) was a German Nazi Party official. His main posts were as ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Weser-Ems and '' Reichsstatthalter'' of both Oldenburg and Bremen. Early years Röver was born in Lemwerder and sa ...

, which operated under the name Samir as a Lebanese cargo ship from 1980 to 1985