Given name
Saimi
“a fasting woman”
In Finnish use, Saimi is a diminutive of Saima. One Arabic interpretation is “a fasting woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Finnish use, Saimi is a diminutive of Saima. One Arabic interpretation is “a fasting woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Finnish use, Saimi is a diminutive of Saima. An origin associated with Saima is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Saimi is a diminutive of Saima.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1905. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saimi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 0 boys · 18 girls
- Most popular year
- 1905
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1917. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1905.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Saimi’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Saimi is a diminutive of Saima. In Finnish usage, Saimi has a related form in SAINI.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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