Samina
Samina is a feminine given name that may derive from Arabic or Hebrew. The Hebrew derivation has numerous variants and is popular in Scandinavian countries.
- Arabic
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Samina
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Samina is a feminine given name that may derive from Arabic or Hebrew. The Hebrew derivation has numerous variants and is popular in Scandinavian countries.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
The Story of Samina
Samina first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1960, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2026: 30 births, good for #4,622 nationwide. About 23% of every Samina on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Samina ranks #4,622 for baby girls with 30 births, rising sharply (+47% over the past five years). All told, over 752 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Samina
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Samina. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Thamina
Names that sound like Samina
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About the name Samina
Samina is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1960 and has accumulated 752 births in the dataset. Samina's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #4,622. Use the chart and map above to compare Samina's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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