Samar Family History
Samar Name Meaning
Filipino: habitational name for someone from the province of Samar in the Visayan Islands. The name of the province may have come from the word samad meaning ‘cut wound’ by extension ‘trench’. Filipino: nickname or metonymic occupational name from the Ilokano word samar meaning ‘ray of light’ and ‘sap of coconut palm’. American shortened form of Greek Samaras .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022