Samira

Samira
Pronunciation	/sæˈmiːrə/
Gender	Female
Origin
Meaning	Arabic: entertaining companion Sanskrit: gust of wind or a cool gentle breeze on a hot summer day Unknown: Wisdom
Other names
Related names	Samantha, Sameera, Semra

Samira (also spelled Sameera, Arabic: سميرة‎‎, Samīrah, Sanskrit: समीरा, Persian: سميرا‎‎) is the female version of the male name Samir. The name "Samira" has its known origins in Arabic and Sanskrit.

The spelling of the Sanskrit-derived name can change depending on the language, as in the Bengali version Somira. Similarly, variants of the Arabic-derived name can have different spellings, as in the Turkish Semra and Bosnian Semira and Samra.

People

• Samira Ahmed (born 1968), British television reporter
• Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist
• Sameera Aziz, Saudi Arabian journalist
• Samira Bellil (1972–2004), French feminist working for the rights of women in traditional Muslim settings
• Samira Besic, German of Bosnian origins singer with the Eurodance group Maxx
• Samira Makhmalbaf (born 1980), Iranian film director
• Sameera Reddy, Indian film actress
• Sameera Weerasinghe, Sri Lankan Fashion Model
• Samira Said (born 1958), Moroccan pop singer
• Samira Shahbandar, Saddam Hussein's second wife
• Samira Wiley, American actress in Orange Is the New Black
• Samira Hussian, BBC Correspondent in New York City
• Sameera Khan, Canadian Pakistani photographer