Given name
Samah
“a generous, forgiving woman”
Samah is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “a generous, forgiving woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a generous, forgiving woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Samah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 447
- 0 boys · 447 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,749 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,749 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,413 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Samah’s family of names
Samah has a related form in Sama. Samah has a related form in Samma. Samah has a related form in Sammah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Samah
- Samah BarigouMoroccan actress
- Samah AnwarEgyptian actressborn 1965
- Samah RamadanOlympic judokaborn 1978
- Samah JabrPalestinian psychiatristborn 1976
- Samah Sabawijournalistborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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