Samira

Samira (also spelled Samirah, Sameera, and Sameerah; समीर سميرة ) is a Sanskrit or Arabic given name. In Sanskrit, Sameera or Samira (समीरः) is a feminine given-name, meaning "breeze, wind," or "Vāyu, the wind deity". Many anglicize their name to Samīr or Sameer. In Arabic, the feminine name is derived from the root s-m-r ("to spend the night in talking"), ultimately meaning "night-companion", "entertaining companion", "the one with lively conversation". The masculine version of this name is Samir.

Samira

 * Samira Abbassy (born 1965), Iranian-born British painter
 * Samira bint Abdullah Al-Faisal, Saudi princess and disability advocate
 * Samira Ahmed (born 1968), British television reporter
 * Samira Asghari (born 1994), Afghan member of the International Olympic Committee
 * Samira Awad (born 2000), Lebanese footballer
 * Samira Bellil (1972–2004), French feminist who worked for women's rights in Muslim settings
 * Samira Besic, German singer of Bosnian origin of the Eurodance group Maxx
 * Samira Efendi, Azerbaijani singer who represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021
 * Samira Gutoc (born 1974), Filipino journalist and politician
 * Samira Makhmalbaf (born 1980), Iranian film director
 * Samira Mighty (born 1996), English television personality and actress
 * Samira Mubareka (born 1972), Canadian clinical scientist
 * Samira Said (born 1958), Moroccan pop singer
 * Samira Shahbandar, Saddam Hussein's second wife
 * Samira Tewfik (born 1935), Lebanese Syrian singer of Bedouin dialect
 * Samira Wiley (born 1987), American actress
 * Princess Samira, a fictional princess in Shimmer and Shine

Sameera

 * Sameera Al Bitar (born 1990), Olympic swimmer from Bahrain
 * Sameera bint Ibrahim Rajab, Bahraini politician
 * Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist
 * Sameera Perera (born 1988), Sri Lankan cricketer
 * Sameera Reddy (born 1980), Indian film actress
 * Sameera Sadamal (born 1993), Sri Lankan cricketer
 * Sameera Saneesh, Indian costume designer in Malayalam film

Fictional characters

 * Samira, The Desert Rose, a playable champion character in the MOBA video game League of Legends
 * Samirah al-Abbas, a character in Rick Riordan's novel Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
 * Samira in Siba Shakib's novel Samira and Samir