Given name
Samma
“a generous, forgiving woman”·“one who listens well”
Samma is a variant of Samah. One Arabic interpretation is “a generous, forgiving woman.” Samma is a variant of Samantha. One Aramaic interpretation is “one who listens well.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Samma is a variant of Samah. One Arabic interpretation is “a generous, forgiving woman.” Samma is a variant of Samantha. One Aramaic interpretation is “one who listens well.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Samma is a variant of Samah. An origin associated with Samah is Arabic. Samma is a variant of Samantha. A possible origin is Aramaic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1939. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Samma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1939
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1939. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Samma’s family of names
Samma has a related form in Samantha. Samma has a related form in Samah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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