Samir

Template:Infobox given name Samir (variantly spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in the Indian subcontinent, Middle East, Central Asia and Europe. In Arabic, Samir (سمير) means holy, jovial, loyal or charming companion. In Indian languages it is derived from the Sanskrit word Samir (समीर) meaning gust of wind or gentle breeze. Samira is the feminine spelling, also found in both languages.

People with the name

Given name

• Samir Soni, Indian actor
• Sameer (lyricist), Indian lyricist
• Sameer Rajda, an Indian gujarati actor
• Samir (filmmaker), Samir Jamal al Din / Jamal Aldin, a Swiss film maker of Iraqi origin
• Samir Allioui, Dutch politician
• Samir Ayass (born 1990), Lebanese footballer
• Samir Badran, Swedish television personality and singer, part of duo Samir & Viktor
• Samir Bannout, Lebanese bodybuilder
• Samir Bekrić, Bosnian footballer
• Samir Chamas, Lebanese actor, writer and voice actor
• Sameer Dattani, an Indian film actor
• Samir Geagea, Lebanese politician
• Samir Ghanem, Egyptian comedian
• Samir Fazlagić, Norwegian footballer
• Samir Fazli, Macedonian footballer
• Samir Frangieh, Lebanese politician
• Sameer Gadhia, American singer, lead vocals for Young the Giant.
• Sameer Hasan, An Indian Telugu actor
• Samir Hadji, Moroccan footballer
• Samir Handanovič, Slovenian footballer
• Samir Karabašić, Bosnian canoeist
• Samir Kassir, Lebanese politician
• Samir El-Khadem, Lebanese former Commander of the Lebanese Naval Forces
• Samir Khader, Iraqi journalist
• Samir Mammadov, Azerbaijani boxer
• Samir Mammadov, Tajik drug lord
• Samir Mehanović, British film director
• Samir Merzić, Bosnian footballer
• Samir Naji Al Hasan Moqbel, Yemeni guantanamo detainee
• Samir Naqqash, Israeli writer
• Samir Nasri, French footballer
• Sameer Rahim, British literary journalist and novelist
• Samir Sharifov, Minister of Finance of Azerbaijan Republic
• Semir Slomić, Bosnian footballer
• Samir Soni, Indian film actor
• Semir Tuce, Bosnian footballer
• Samir Ujkani, Albanian footballer
• Semir Zeki, British neuroscientist
• Samir Ziani, French boxer
• Samir Osmanovič, Grafitti artist

Other name

• Hélder Samir Lopes Semedo Fernandes, Cape Verdean footballer known simply as Samir
• Ajam Boujarari Mohammed, Moroccan football manager known simply as Samir

Fictional characters

• Samir Horn, the protagonist played by Don Cheadle in the film Traitor (2008)
• Samir Duran, character from the Starcraft video game series

See also

• Sameer (disambiguation)
• Samira, an Arabic female given name