Samia, also spelt Samiya is both a feminine given name and a surname. It is often derived from the Arabic: سامية sāmiyah.
Notable people with the name include:
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Given name
Samia Abbou, Tunisian lawyer and noble and shoot
Samia al-Aghbari, Yemeni blogger
Samia Ahad, Pakistani chef
Samia Ahmed, Egyptian synchronized swimmer
Samia Akario, Moroccan actress and director
Samia Amin, Egyptian actress
Samia al-Amoudi, Saudi physician
Samia Aouni, Tunisian footballer
Samiya Bashir, American poet and author
Samia Benameur, Algerian author under the pen name Maïssa Bey
Sâmia Bomfim, Brazilian politician
Samia Doumit, better known as Sam Doumit, American actress
Samia Usman Fatah, Pakistani politician
Samia Finnerty (known by the mononym Samia), American singer-songwriter
Samia Gamal, Egyptian belly dancer and actress
Samia Ghadie (born 1982), British actress
Samia Ghali, French politician
Samia Zekaria, Ethiopian diplomat
Samia Halaby, Palestinian-American artist
Samia Suluhu Hassan (born 1960), Tanzanian politician, president of Tanzania since 2021
Samia Hireche, Algerian rower
Samia Khan (born 1986), American blogger
Sâmia Lima, Brazilian badminton player
Samia Longchambon, English actress
Samia Medjahdi, Algerian tennis player
Samia Mehrez, Egyptian professor
Samiya Mumtaz, Pakistani actress
Samia Nkrumah (born 1960), journalist, politician and daughter of Kwame Nkrumah
Samia Yusuf Omar, Somali sprinter
Samiya Rafiq, Pakistani trekker
Samia Said, Bangladeshi model and actress
Samia Sarwar, Pakistani murder victim
Samia Sehabi, Algerian handball player
Samia Shoaib, Pakistani-American writer and actress
Samia Zaman, Bangladeshi media personality
Surname
Dru Samia, American football player
Frank Samia, Australian rugby player
Maoz Samia, Israeli footballer
Yom-Tov Samia, Israeli general