Given name
Semisi
Semisi is a masculine given name from English. It is used in Tongan.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
Semisi developed from James.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Semisi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 216
- 216 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,592 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,592 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 2009. In 2025, Utah had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 302 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.
Semisi’s family of names
Semisi developed from the English form James.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Semisi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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