Samīr (given name) explained

Samīr
Gender:	Male
Language:	Sanskrit, Hindi, etc.
Language origin:	Sanskrit
Meaning:	Breeze, Wind, Air, Vāyu
Region:	India, South Asia
Alternative Spelling:	Sameera

Samīr (Also spelled Sameer or Samir) is a Sanskrit male given name. It originating from the Sanskrit word samīra which means "breeze", "wind", "air", "aura", or the wind deity Vāyu.^{[1] [2]} Many, especially in South India, sometimes do not delete the schwa and keep their name as "Sameera". Notable people with the name include:

• Samir Soni
• Samir Kochhar
• Samir Roychoudhury
• Sameer Anjaan
• Sameer Verma
• Sameer Wankhede
• Sameer Dharmadhikari
• Sameer Gadhia
• Sameer Dattani
• Sammer Rajda

See also

• Samir (disambiguation)
• Sameer (disambiguation)
• Samira/Samīra, an Arabic female given name and a Sanskrit male given name

Notes and References

1. Web site: Samira: English Translation of the Sanskrit word: Samira-- Sanskrit Dictionary . 2023-06-24 . sanskritdictionary.org.
2. Web site: McGregor . R. S. (Ronald Stuart) . 1993 . The Oxford Hindi-English dictionary . 2023-06-24 . dsal.uchicago.edu.