MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sameer mean?
Samīra is a Sanskrit wind word related to movement. The Indic समीर reading should be distinguished from Arabic Samīr, an evening conversational companion.
Pronunciation
IAST: samīra
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
समीर
Letter-by-letter: samīra
Conventional spelling
Bengali
সমীর
Conventional spelling
Odia
ସମୀର
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sameer in Indian usage
83,693 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,220 records (2.7%).
- Recorded as male: 81,473 records (97.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 205 |
| 1940s | 618 |
| 1950s | 1,685 |
| 1960s | 4,572 |
| 1970s | 14,223 |
| 1980s | 30,081 |
| 1990s | 32,128 |
| Other decades | 181 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 21,689 |
| Bihar | 9,677 |
| Jharkhand | 9,286 |
| Kerala | 8,184 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 7,232 |
| Tripura | 5,483 |
| Rajasthan | 4,094 |
| Odisha | 3,401 |
| Delhi | 3,336 |
| Maharashtra | 2,255 |
| Haryana | 1,945 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,906 |
| Punjab | 1,605 |
| Goa | 1,109 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,034 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 486 |
| Assam | 408 |
| Chandigarh | 212 |
| Other states | 351 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Sameer / M | 17 | 1,538 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Sameer; Table_6, C1606 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Sameer; Table_6, C1606
- Monier-Williams, samīra, p. 1165,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: समीर ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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