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SamahIn Hebrew: סמאח · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
Samah (Hebrew: סמאח) is a girl's name. 3,098 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 11 girls and ranked #665. Its peak year was 1976, with 165 babies.
- People in Israel
- 3,098
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 11
- rank #665
- Peak year
- 1976
- 165 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Samah
In Hebrew letters the name is סמאח, read right to left. Samah is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.
We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.
Samah by year in Israel
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Samah
How do you write Samah in Hebrew?
Samah is written סמאח in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.
How many people in Israel are named Samah?
3,098 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name סמאח: 3,068 women and 30 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Samah a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 99.0% of the people named סמאח are women.
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.