Samaira is an Indian name usually explained as "enchanting" or "protected by God"; it is close to the Arabic Samira, "companion in evening conversation", and often treated as a variant of it. The name became fashionable in India in the 2000s and traveled to the United States with South Asian families. Samaira peaked at number 1702 in 2020 and sits at number 2059 in 2025.