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Shameria
How to Pronounce Shameria
Pronounced shuh-MEER-ee-uh /ʃəˈmɪr.i.ə/Low
Meaning: Shameria is a modern invented name, formed from the popular Sha- opening plus a -meria ending that echoes names like Demaria and Sameria. It has no single inherited meaning; it belongs to the late-twentieth-century wave of melodic, coined African American girls' names.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Shameria is a coined name rather than an inherited one. It joins a favored Sha- prefix with a -meria element, part of a broad pattern of invented African American girls' names from the 1980s and 1990s. Any meaning is one families give it, not one from an old root.
Shameria stayed rare throughout, reaching a small high around 1991 and never spreading widely. A girl named Shameria then is an adult now, and the name reads as an original, of-its-era coinage with a graceful rhythm rather than a revival.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Shameria mean?
It is a modern American coinage joining a Sha- prefix with a -meria element; it has no fixed older dictionary meaning.
How do you pronounce Shameria?
It is said shuh-MEER-ee-uh /ʃəˈmɪr.i.ə/ - four syllables, stress on the second.
Is Shameria a boy or girl name?
Shameria is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Shameria?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about fifteen girls a year around its high near the early nineteen-nineties, and it never became common.