Given name & surname
Saman
“one who provides security”
Saman is a variant of Salman. One Arabic interpretation is “one who provides security.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Saman is a variant of Salman. One Arabic interpretation is “one who provides security.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Saman is a variant of Salman. An origin associated with Salman is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 406
- 288 boys · 118 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 24 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 boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,583 as a first name in 2020; 478 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Saman’s family of names
Saman has a related form in Salman. In Nobiin usage, Saman was borrowed from the Ancient Greek form Σίμων. In Nobiin usage, Saman has a related form in ⲥⲁⲙⲁⲛ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Saman has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Saman
- Saman GhoddosIranian footballer (born 1993)
- Saman TahmasebiAzerbaijani wrestlerborn 1985
- Saman ArastooIranian actor and film directorborn 1967
- Saman FallahIranian footballerborn 2001
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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