Samir
Meaning and origin
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Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Samir has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2013. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 14 |
| 1999 | 13 |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | 12 |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 12 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 9 |
| 2007 | 21 |
| 2008 | 10 |
| 2009 | 22 |
| 2010 | 18 |
| 2011 | 15 |
| 2012 | 18 |
| 2013 | 28 |
| 2014 | 19 |
| 2015 | 25 |
| 2016 | 23 |
| 2017 | 15 |
| 2018 | 19 |
| 2019 | 22 |
| 2020 | 28 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 8 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,384 |
| 2000 | 1,418 |
| 2001 | 1,458 |
| 2002 | 1,498 |
| 2003 | 1,542 |
| 2004 | 1,576 |
| 2005 | 1,597 |
| 2006 | 1,685 |
| 2007 | 1,772 |
| 2008 | 1,805 |
| 2009 | 1,857 |
| 2010 | 1,905 |
| 2011 | 1,946 |
| 2012 | 1,998 |
| 2013 | 2,098 |
| 2014 | 2,185 |
| 2015 | 2,278 |
| 2016 | 2,394 |
| 2017 | 2,481 |
| 2018 | 2,554 |
| 2019 | 2,605 |
| 2020 | 2,647 |
Samir in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Samir.Hi! My name is Samir.
- Samir bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Samir lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Samir har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Samir has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Samirs mamma är lärare.Samir's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Samirs mamma is Samir's mum.
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Questions about Samir
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How popular is Samir in Sweden?
8 babies were named Samir in 2022. In 2020, 2,647 people in Sweden had Samir as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2013 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.