Given name
Samee
“one who listens well”·“one who has been exalted”
Samee is a variant of Samantha. One Aramaic interpretation is “one who listens well.” Its derivation is not certain. Samee is a variant of Sami. One Arabic interpretation is “one who has been exalted.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Samee is a variant of Samantha. One Aramaic interpretation is “one who listens well.” Its derivation is not certain. Samee is a variant of Sami. One Arabic interpretation is “one who has been exalted.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Samee is a variant of Samantha. A possible origin is Aramaic, although the derivation remains uncertain. Samee is a variant of Sami. An origin associated with Sami is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Arabic سَمِيع (“hearer”); its root is Arabic س م ع.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Samee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36
- 36 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 8 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 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 205 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Samee’s family of names
Samee has a related form in Samantha. Samee has a related form in Sami.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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