Fun Facts About the Name Samiha
- 536 babies named Samiha: U.S. records list 536 babies given the name Samiha from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Samiha Mean?
Samiha is an Arabic feminine name meaning "generous, forgiving." Its Arabic spelling is سميحة, and it comes from the root s-m-ḥ, the same root as the verb samaḥa ("to forgive, to be lenient") and the nouns samāḥ and samāḥa ("forgiveness, leniency"). The name is the feminine form of the adjective samīḥ (سميح), "generous, forgiving," built on the faʿīl pattern.
Both ideas belong to the same word: the adjective can describe a person who forgives readily and a person who gives freely, which is why English glosses vary between "forgiving" and "generous." The name is not related to Samia (سامية, "sublime, elevated"), which looks similar in Latin letters but derives from a different Arabic root, s-m-w.
Samiha Name History & Origins
Arabic given names frequently consist of ordinary adjectives describing admired qualities, and Samiha follows that pattern. As the feminine counterpart of the masculine Samih, it is a traditional name in Arabic-speaking regions from Egypt and the Levant to Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula. Because it is a common descriptive adjective rather than the property of one historical figure, it has been borne by many people over a long period rather than tracing to a single well-known bearer.
The root also names the quality of leniency and tolerance in Arabic generally, which fits the way such adjectives move into use as personal names. In Turkey the name is usually written Semiha, with the masculine Semih alongside it, and forms of the name also appear in Bosnia, Albania, and among Muslims in South Asia, where transliterations include Sameeha and Samiha.
How Popular is the Name Samiha?
Samiha has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2006. Its best rank was #4,505 in 2000.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #16,844 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #11,935 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #11,017 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #8,442 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2021 | #7,198 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #11,954 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #12,247 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #8,088 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #15,603 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #9,330 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #8,863 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #9,438 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2013 | #8,085 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2012 | #6,536 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2011 | #6,803 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #6,585 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2009 | #6,511 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2008 | #5,551 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2007 | #5,866 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2006 | #4,665 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2005 | #5,570 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2004 | #6,168 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2003 | #6,522 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2002 | #6,980 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2001 | #5,140 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2000 | #4,505 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1999 | #6,143 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1998 | #5,095 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1997 | #6,761 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1996 | #6,669 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1995 | #13,036 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #10,332 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #6,546 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1992 | #15,062 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #14,040 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #11,629 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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