Samira (also spelled Samirah, Sameera, and Sameerah /sæˈmiːrə/, ar, سميرة is an Arabic female given name. It is derived from the

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s-m-r ('to spend the night in talking'), ultimately meaning ''night-companion'', ''entertaining companion'', ''the one with lively conversation''. The masculine version of this name is

Samir 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 clo ...

. In

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

, Sameera (IAST: samīraḥ, Sanskrit: समीरः) is a masculine name, meaning "breeze, wind", or "the god of wind".https://sanskritdictionary.com/sam%C4%ABra/252695/1 Many people with the name deriving from Sanskrit shorten their name to

or Sameer.

People

Samira

Samira Ahmed Samira Ahmed (born 15 June 1968) is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster at the BBC, where she has presented Radio 3's ''Night Waves'' and Radio 4's '' PM'', ''The World Tonight'', ''Sunday'' and '' Front Row'' and has presented the ...

(born 1968), British television reporter *

Samira Asghari Samira Asghari (born 31 March 1994) is a member of the International Olympic Committee for Afghanistan since 2018. Upon her election at the age of 24, Asghari became the first representative from Afghanistan and one of the youngest ever members to j ...

(born 1994), Afghan member of the International Olympic Committee *

Samira Awad Samira Mohamad Awad ( ar, سميرة محمد عوض; born 30 June 2000) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a winger for Lebanese club Safa. Club career Awad joined Safa in 2019; she scored 13 goals and made 11 assists in 14 games in the ...

(born 2000), Lebanese footballer *

Samira Bellil Samira Bellil (24 November 1972 – 4 September 2004) was a French feminist activist and a campaigner for the rights of girls and women. Bellil became famous in France with the publication of her autobiographical book ''Dans l'enfer des tournantes ...

(1972–2004), French feminist working for the rights of women in traditional Muslim settings *

Samira Besic Maxx is a German Eurodance project that was internationally successful in the mid-90s with the hit singles " Get-A-Way", " No More (I Can't Stand It)" and " You Can Get It". The name 'Maxx' is a special acronym for Maximum Xstasy. History Group ...

, German of singer of Bosnian origin of the Eurodance group Maxx *

Samira Efendi Samira Azer gizi Efendiyeva (; born 17 April 1991), known as Samira Efendi or Efendi, is an Azerbaijani singer. She represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Mata Hari". Career Early career Efendiyeva gained popu ...

, Azerbaijani singer, who will represent

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 *

Samira Gutoc Samira Ali Gutoc (born 19 December 1974) is a Filipina civic leader, journalist, environmentalist, women's rights advocate and politician. She served as a member of the Regional Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao a ...

(born 1974), Filipino journalist and politician *

Samira Makhmalbaf Samira Makhmalbaf ( fa, سمیرا مخملباف, ''Samira Makhmalbaaf'') (born 15 February 1980) Filmography Awards and nominations * "Sutherland Trophy", London Film Festival (1998), UK. * "Special Mention, Official Jury", Locarno Fi ...

(born 1980), Iranian film director *

Samira Mighty Samira Mighty (born 16 November 1995) is an English television personality, actress and singer. Mighty began her career with appearances in West End theatre shows including '' Mamma Mia!'' and ''Dreamgirls'', as well as an appearance in the 201 ...

(born 1996), English television personality and actress *

Samira Mubareka Samira Mubareka (born 1972) is a Canadian microbiologist who is a clinical scientist at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Her research considers the influenza virus, viral transmission and aerobiology. During the COVID-19 ...

(born 1972), Canadian clinical scientist * Samira Said (born 1958), Moroccan pop singer *

Samira Shahbandar Samira Shahbandar ( ar, سميرة الشابندر, born 1946) is an Iraqi former doctor and physician. She was the second wife of Saddam Hussein. Early life Shahbandar was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1946. Shahbandar was born into an aristocra ...

, Saddam Hussein's second wife *

Samira Tewfik Samira Ghastin Karimona ( ar, سميرة غسطين كريمونة; born 25 December 1935), better known by her stage name Samira Tewfik ( ar, سميرة توفيق, surname also spelled ''Tawfik'', ''Tawfiq'', ''Toufiq'' or ''Taoufiq'') is a Leb ...

(born 1935), Lebanese Syrian singer of Bedouin dialect *

Samira Wiley Samira Denise Wiley (born April 15, 1987) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as Poussey Washington in the Netflix comedy-drama series '' Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2019) and as Moira in the Hulu dystopian dr ...

(born 1987), American actress * Princess Samira, a fictional princess in Shimmer and Shine

Sameera

* Sameera Al Bitar (born 1990), Olympic swimmer from Bahrain * Sameera bint Ibrahim Rajab, Bahraini politician * Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist * Sameera Perera (born 1988), Sri Lankan cricketer * Sameera Reddy (born 1980), Indian film actress * Sameera Sadamal (born 1993), Sri Lankan cricketer * Sameera Saneesh, Indian costume designer in Malayalam film

Fictional characters

* Samira, The Desert Rose, a playable champion character in the MOBA video game '' League of Legends'' * Samirah al-Abbas, a character in Rick Riordan's novel ''

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard ''Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'' is a trilogy of fantasy novels written by American author Rick Riordan with the subject of Norse mythology and published by Disney- Hyperion. It is based on Norse mythology and is set in the same universe ...

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People

Samira

Sameera

Fictional characters

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