Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Samir

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Origin and Meaning

Latin transcription of the Arabic name سمير (Samir) meaning 'companion in (evening) talk' [1] [2] [3]

Related Names

Samar ♀/♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Arabic
Samer ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Arabic
Samir ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Arabic

See also Samira

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Samir
Genitive: Samirs
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Samir
Genitive: Samirin
Partitive: Samiria
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Samir
Genitive: Samirs
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Samir
Genitive: Samirs

Further Information

Samir is a name used among immigrants from Arabic-speaking countries, but is very rarely used in the Nordic countries by people without an immigration background

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 17 people were named Samir (percentage of first or only given name: 35 %) [4]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[5]
2647 3881 0 371 2647 3510
Denmark Denmark[6]
606
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 606
n.a.
Finland Finland[7]
n.a.
 543
n.a.
 17
n.a.
 526
Iceland Iceland[8]
7 10
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[9]
507
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 507
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[10]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Samir (m) Sources: [5][6][9][7]


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  2. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Ordbog over muslimske fornavne i Danmark (2005)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  8. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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