Given name

Sāmi

Sāmi is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.

Sāmi’s family of names

In Latvian usage, Sāmi has a conventional equivalent in the German form Sami.

Walk Sāmi’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Sāmi, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Arabic

Suhaimi

“suhaymi”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Arabic

Şakir

“thankful”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Arabic

Şaja

Şaja is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Turkmen.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Arabic

Šamija

Šamija is a surname from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Serbo-Croatian.

No U.S. birth series

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Arabic

Saffar

Saffar is a surname from Arabic.

No U.S. birth series

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Arabic

Şaban

Şaban is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Arabic

Scerri

Scerri is a surname from Sicilian, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Maltese.

No U.S. birth series

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Arabic

Sadoun

Sadoun is a masculine given name from Arabic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Sāmi’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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