Samer (name)
Samer is an Arabic male name literally means "informal friendly talk or chat to pass the night", "one to whom you speak", "congregation of those who spend the evening in pleasant conversation", "evening chat companion", "entertainer, companion". The name Samar has the same origin.
The name or adjective itself stems from the root verb samara meaning "chat with one another at the night, having an evening of entertainment".
Notable people with the name include:
- Samer Abukhaled, Palestinian-American author
- Samer Awad, Syrian footballer
- Samer Tariq Issawi, Palestinian activist
- Samer Majali, Jordanian businessman
- Samer Al Marta, Kuwaiti association football player
- Samer El Masri, Australian-Lebanese rugby league player
- Samer al-Masry, Syrian actor
- Samer Muscati, Iraqi-Canadian human rights lawyer, photographer
- Samer el Nahhal, Finnish musician
- Samer Saeed, Iraqi association football player
- Samer Salem (footballer, born 1992), Saudi footballer for Al-Najma
- Samer Salem (footballer, born 1993), Syrian footballer for Hutteen
- Samer Raimouny, Jordanian poet and activist
- Samer Libdeh, Jordanian-English journalist, researcher and policy analyst
- Samer Takriti, Syrian management scientist
- Sammer adrian, tinaquero y skater vanguarista born 1999 to Tultepec