Samlah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Samlah

What is the meaning of the name Samlah ?

The baby name Samlah is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SAM-lah (ˈsæm-lə) or SAHM-lah (ˈsɑm-lə).

Samlah is Hebrew in Origin.

Samlah is a rare biblical name of Northwest Semitic - likely Hebrew/Edomite - origin, recorded in Genesis 36:36–37 and 1 Chronicles 1:47–48 as a king of Edom from Masrekah. The underlying Hebrew form שַׂמְלָה (Samlāh) is cognate with simlāh, a common noun meaning “garment,” “raiment,” or “mantle.” By extension, the name can be interpreted as “clothed,” “covered,” or “one of the mantle,” perhaps denoting status or protection. Despite phonetic similarity, it is unrelated to Samuel.

Usage has remained extremely rare outside scripture and occasional antiquarian revivals; it appears in some medieval and early modern biblical lists but almost never as a given name in records. Modern occurrences are sporadic across religious communities that favor obscure Tanakh names. Variant spellings reflect transliteration choices: Simlah, Samla, Semlah; feminine-looking Simla exists as a lexical form but is not historically attested as this name. Related forms in other Semitic languages carry the same “garment/covering” sense.

⚙ Samlah is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Samlah appears only 11 times in total — found in 4 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.