Given name
Semir
Semir is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Serbo-Croatian.
Original Arabicسمير
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Semir developed from سمير.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Semir through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 278
- 278 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,504 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,504 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was virtually unchanged in 2021–2025 compared with 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 616 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.
Semir’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Semir developed from the Arabic form سمير.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Semir
- Semir OsmanagićBosnian author & entrepreneur (1960-)
- Semir ŠtilićBosnian footballerborn 1987
- Semir TuceYugoslav footballer (born 1964)
- Semir Zekineuroscientistborn 1940
- Semir KerlaBosnia and Herzegovina footballerborn 1987
- Semir Ben-AmorFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1982
- Semir HadžibulićBosnia and Herzegovina footballerborn 1986
- Semir PepicAustralian judokaborn 1972
- Semir TelalovićGerman footballerborn 1999
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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