Samara

Samara holds several origins in gentle conversation: a Hebrew name linked to protection by God, an Arabic word for evening conversation under the stars, and the botanical term for the winged seed of a maple tree. It is also an ancient city on the Volga. All of these layers lend the name a quality of drift and watchfulness. Three soft syllables move with a Mediterranean warmth, and the name has steadily climbed American charts into the top 400 over the past decade. Literary and lightly exotic, Samara feels both old-world and freshly minted.