Zemar
Sumur was a Phoenician city in what is now Syria. It was a major trade center. The city has also been referred to in English publications as Simyra, Ṣimirra, Ṣumra, Sumura, Ṣimura, Zemar, and Zimyra.
Meaning & Origin of Zemar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sumur was a Phoenician city in what is now Syria. It was a major trade center. The city has also been referred to in English publications as Simyra, Ṣimirra, Ṣumra, Sumura, Ṣimura, Zemar, and Zimyra.
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The Story of Zemar
Zemar first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2000, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2000: 5 births, good for #10,349 nationwide. About 50% of every Zemar on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Zemar last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Zemar
Zemar is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2000 and has accumulated 10 births in the dataset. Zemar's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #10,349. Use the chart and map above to compare Zemar'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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