Given name
Samiyah
“one who is exalted”
Samiyah is a variant of Samya. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is exalted.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Samiyah is a variant of Samya. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is exalted.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Samiyah is a variant of Samya. An origin associated with Samya is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Arabic سَامِيَة; its root is Arabic س م و.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Samiyah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,255
- 0 boys · 5,255 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 343 babies
- 2025
- 126
- #1,650 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −30%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 126 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,650 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 30.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 343 in 2011. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,220 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.
Samiyah’s family of names
Samiyah has a related form in Samya. In English usage, Samiyah has a conventional equivalent in the Turkish form SAMIYE. In English usage, Samiyah has a conventional equivalent in the Azerbaijani form Samiyə.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Samiyah has relatives in 7 languages.
7 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Samiyah
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