Samar

Samar is a unisex given name: about 16% of people named Samar are men and 84% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleMedium

Male 16%Female 84%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 16% male / 84% female
Confidence: Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in: Arabic and Persian countries, United States
US births since 1880: 706 male / 887 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Samar

To address Samar when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Samar," in English, "Guten Tag Samar," in German. About 16% of people named Samar are men and 84% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Samar,

German

Guten Tag Samar,

French

Bonjour Samar,

Spanish

Estimado/a Samar:

Chinese

Samar您好：

Japanese

Samar様

English

Hi Samar,

German

Hi Samar,

French

Salut Samar,

Spanish

Hola Samar,

Chinese

Samar你好：

Japanese

Samarさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Samar by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
Arabic and Persian countries	uncommon	woman's name	2%
United States	uncommon	unisex name	44%

United States birth data

706 male · 887 female · 1,593 births recorded

Male 44%Female 56%

Since 1980: 45% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Samar a male or female name?

Samar is a unisex given name: about 16% of people named Samar are men and 84% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Samar in an email?

Is Samar a unisex name?

Samar is not a unisex name: 16% of people named Samar are men. Samar leans strongly female overall.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Samar a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/samar (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_samar,
  title  = {Is Samar a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/samar},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}