Given name

Sammara

“protected by God”

Sammara is a variant of Samara. One Hebrew interpretation is “protected by God.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Sammara is a variant of Samara. One Hebrew interpretation is “protected by God.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Sammara is a variant of Samara. An origin associated with Samara is Hebrew.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Sammara through the years

Babies since 1880
32
0 boys · 32 girls
Most popular year
2006
8 babies
2025
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Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Sammara in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2003–2025, 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 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2006.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Sammara’s family of names

Sammara has a related form in Samara.

Walk Sammara’s family in the name graph

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The ring: 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.

Similar names

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

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Samarea

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Seairah

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Cyerah

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Aakira

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Shakyra

“grateful; thankful”

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Samore

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Ciarra

“a dark beauty”

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Somaiya

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Sammara’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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