Entry № 9144 · Akkadian origin

Sammuramat Sammuramat — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ sah-moo-RAH-maht /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Akkadian
Meaning
"Historical Assyrian queen (basis of Semiramis)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Assyrian)

A name that means "historical assyrian queen (basis of semiramis)".

Sammuramat was the Assyrian queen (regent c. 811-808 BCE) — mother of King Adad-nirari III. She is the historical figure behind the legendary Greek Semiramis, ruling the Assyrian Empire during her son's minority.

Rare but iconic in ancient Near Eastern studies.

The historical Assyrian queen behind Semiramis.

The name in its native script.

Sammuramat
Transliteration
Sammuramat
Pronunciation
/ ˌsɑː.muːˈrɑː.mɑːt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sammuramat stands.

Sammuramat does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Sammuramats before her.

Real people
Queen Sammuramat
Assyrian regent.
c. 811 – 808 BCE
In fiction
Sammuramat
Historical Semiramis.
Assyrian inscriptions

Names connected to Sammuramat.

The number behind Sammuramat.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sammuramat reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.