Given name

Sameena

“a healthy woman”

Sameena is a variant of Samina. One Arabic interpretation is “a healthy woman.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Sameena is a variant of Samina. One Arabic interpretation is “a healthy woman.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Sameena is a variant of Samina. An origin associated with Samina is Arabic.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Sameena through the years

Babies since 1880
82
0 boys · 82 girls
Most popular year
1996
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Sameena in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1972–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 535 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.

Sameena’s family of names

Sameena has a related form in Samina.

Walk Sameena’s family in the name graph

SameenaSameenahSamina

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Sameena, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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“horn of eye-paint”

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>99% girls

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Ceionna

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>99% girls

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Sumra

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>99% girls

Modern

Sadaya

11Very rare

>99% girls

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Arjeta

Arjeta is a feminine given name. It is used in Albanian.

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>99% girls

Modern

Chyenna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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