The baby name Samad is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced IPA (Arabic): /sˤamad/; English approximation: sah-MAHD.
Samad is Arabic in Origin.
The baby name Samad is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced IPA (Arabic): /sˤamad/; English approximation: sah-MAHD.
Samad is Arabic in Origin.
Samad is an Arabic masculine name rooted in the triliteral S-M-D (ṣ-m-d), best known from the Qur’anic epithet al-Samad in Surah al-Ikhlas. It denotes “the Eternal, the Self-Sufficient, the One to whom all turn,” with shades of “firm, enduring.” As a given name it carries a reverent meaning of steadfastness and divine sufficiency.
In use across the Arab world, Iran, South Asia, East Africa, and the Muslim diaspora, Samad appears both on its own and more traditionally in the theophoric compound ʿAbd al-Samad/Abdus Samad (“servant of the Eternal”). Spelling and regional variants include Samed and Samet (notably in Turkish and Bosnian contexts), and the related surname Samadi. English-friendly nicknames such as Sam may occur. The name has been recorded since the earliest Islamic centuries and remains favored for its succinct, weighty theology and dignified sound.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MV | 0 | #19 | 1 | 644 | |
| AF | 0 | #68 | 9 | 1,883 | |
| MV | Boys | 0 | #76 | 4 | 3,375 |
| AF | Girls | 0 | #90 | 5 | 2,402 |
| QA | 0 | #102 | 5 | 7,011 | |
| SD | 0 | #102 | 1 | 2,130 | |
| GE | Boys | 0 | #109 | 2 | 2,055 |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #114 | 1 | 5,459 |
| KW | 0 | #118 | 4 | 5,216 | |
| OM | 0 | #119 | 3 | 6,215 | |
| AZ | Boys | 0 | #123 | 9 | 1,400 |
| EE | Boys | 0 | #125 | 1 | 2,087 |
| IQ | 0 | #127 | 7 | 3,533 | |
| MU | 0 | #134 | 4 | 3,613 | |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #136 | 4 | 6,332 |
| PA | 0 | #138 | 1 | 3,797 | |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #161 | 120 | 3,535 |
| AE | 0 | #167 | 11 | 10,220 | |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #179 | 954 | 10,162 |
| BD | 0 | #182 | 46 | 5,992 | |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 3,850 |
| IR | 0 | #225 | 7 | 4,221 | |
| GH | 0 | #248 | 1 | 5,396 | |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #249 | 488 | 10,045 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #256 | 1 | 7,111 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #268 | 6 | 6,912 |
| SA | 0 | #269 | 27 | 10,560 | |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #270 | 20 | 6,578 |
| NG | 0 | #272 | 1 | 5,926 | |
| SG | 0 | #278 | 5 | 11,010 | |
| Canada | Boys | 2003 | #287 | 5 | 2,024 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #293 | 532 | 13,071 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #295 | 63 | 8,477 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #301 | 3 | 7,909 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #302 | 15 | 15,378 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 5,122 |
| MY | 0 | #321 | 10 | 12,352 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #329 | 3 | 9,639 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #329 | 1 | 7,429 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #331 | 2 | 7,401 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #334 | 12 | 8,138 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #337 | 1 | 6,973 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #339 | 1 | 7,570 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #347 | 40 | 8,413 |
| MA | 0 | #350 | 1,906 | 20,986 | |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #360 | 387 | 18,093 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #377 | 20 | 15,987 |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #383 | 5 | 2,865 |
| BH | 0 | #383 | 171 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #385 | 1,111 | 22,615 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #385 | 5 | 7,057 |
| YE | 0 | #392 | 7 | 8,639 | |
| Finland | Boys | 0 | #402 | 26 | 2,041 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #407 | 2 | 11,440 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #409 | 97 | 12,621 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #413 | 2,891 | 28,008 |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #433 | 10 | 2,180 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #436 | 10 | 10,523 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #454 | 336 | 18,755 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #472 | 479 | 17,948 |
| ZA | 0 | #473 | 2 | 14,421 | |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #474 | 31 | 11,303 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #497 | 19 | 19,177 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #504 | 2 | 9,305 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #506 | 25 | 8,334 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #519 | 35 | 20,968 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #522 | 2 | 11,913 |
| LY | 0 | #524 | 12 | 12,703 | |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #556 | 2 | 12,905 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #558 | 651 | 25,439 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #570 | 6 | 12,054 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #576 | 122 | 17,960 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #619 | 13 | 13,121 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #629 | 4 | 18,916 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #642 | 383 | 16,750 |
| LB | 0 | #645 | 14 | 13,263 | |
| DZ | 0 | #667 | 586 | 20,130 | |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #677 | 6 | 3,552 |
| IT | 0 | #704 | 11 | 4,183 | |
| SY | 0 | #766 | 2 | 11,684 | |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #794 | 142 | 25,931 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #820 | 7 | 15,093 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #833 | 119 | 16,906 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #859 | 72 | 5,610 |
| TN | 0 | #862 | 4 | 13,765 | |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #872 | 15 | 15,035 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #880 | 13 | 7,044 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #889 | 63 | 5,873 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #895 | 58 | 5,697 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #925 | 2 | 14,506 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #967 | 28 | 24,821 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,008 | 2 | 14,742 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| TR | 0 | #1,111 | 101 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,140 | 39 | 25,619 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,269 | 203 | 10,046 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,437 | 10 | 9,415 |
Samad is popular in 60 countries — most recent births per country:
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