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Shamere
How to Pronounce Shamere
Pronounced shuh-MEER /ʃəˈmɪr/Low
Meaning: Shamere is an American coinage that sets the fashionable Sha- prefix against a smooth -mere ending, its sound recalling the word cashmere. It belongs to a family of Sha- names popular in African American communities and is chosen for style rather than any fixed dictionary meaning.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Shamere reads as an invented name, pairing the popular Sha- prefix with a -mere ending whose sound softly echoes cashmere. Part of the creative wave of Sha- names in late twentieth-century African American naming, it stands on melody rather than a set meaning.
Shamere never became common, given to only about fifteen girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties. A woman named Shamere then would be in her mid-thirties today, of the broad Shanice generation.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Shamere mean?
It is a modern coinage joining Sha- with a -mere ending; it has no separate fixed meaning and echoes the sound of cashmere.
How do you pronounce Shamere?
It is said shuh-MEER /ʃəˈmɪr/ - two syllables, stress on the second.
Is Shamere a boy or girl name?
Shamere is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Shamere?
It was always rare in the United States, given to only about fifteen girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties.