Given name · also Turkish
Semih
Semih is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Semih comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish سمیح (Semîh), from Arabic سَمِيح; its root is Arabic س م ح.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Semih through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35
- 35 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 9 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 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 218 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.
People named Semih
- Semih ŞentürkTurkish association football player (born 1983)
- Semih KayaTurkish association football player (born 1991)
- Semih KaplanoğluTurkish film director and producer (born 1963)
- Semih ErdenTurkish basketball player (born 1986)
- Semih KılıçsoyTurkish association football player (born 2005)
- Semih SaygınerTurkish pool player (born 1964)
- Semih AydilekTurkish association football player (born 1989)
- Semih GülerTurkish-German association football player (born 1994)
- Semih TerziTurkish general and statesperson (1968–2016)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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