Samirah is a spelling of the Arabic Samira and means "companion in evening conversation", from the tradition of talking and telling stories under the night sky; it is the feminine form of Samir. The name is used across the Arab world and in Muslim families in South Asia and Africa. In the United States Samirah ranked number 4163 in 2000, peaked at number 2232 in 2013 and stands at number 2562 in 2025.