Sami (name)
Sami, also Samy or Sammy, is a given name and surname of different origins and meanings, most prevalent in the Arab world and Scandinavia.
Arabic
[edit]Sami, Samy, Samee (Arabic: سامي sāmī) [ˈsæːmi, ˈsaː-, ˈsɛː-], is an Arabic male given name meaning "elevated (رَفْعَة raf‘ah)" or "sublime (سُمُوّ sumū/ sumuw)",[1] in fact stemmed from the verb samā (سما) which means "to transcend", where the verb forms the adjective Sami which means "to be high, elevated, eminent, prominent".[2]
The female given name, Samiya or Samia (سامِيَة), is formed and stemmed from this name.
"Sami" in the name Samiullah is not the same as this; rather, it is one of the 99 names of god ( ٱلسَّمِيعُ, as-Samī‘; 'all hearing'). Samir is also a different name.
Other
[edit]Sami (Finnish: [ˈsɑmi]) as a Finnish male name derived from the name Samuel, or an American name abbreviated from Samantha or Samuel.
Given name
[edit]- Sami (poet) (1743–1850), Sindhi poet who wrote Shlokas in Beit form
- Sami Aslam (born 1995), Pakistani cricketer
- Sami al-Hinnawi (1898–1950), Syrian politician and military officer
- Sami Al-Jaber (born 1972), Saudi Arabian retired footballer
- Sami Allagui (born 1986), German-born Tunisian footballer
- Sami as-Solh (1887–1968), five-time prime minister of Lebanon
- Sami Bayraktar (born 1978), Turkish-Belgian futsal player
- Sami Bouajila (born 1966), French actor
- Sami Callihan (born 1987), American professional wrestler
- Sami Güçlü (born 1950), Turkish politician
- Sami Ibrahim Haddad (1890–1957), Palestinian-Lebanese physician and writer
- Sami Hyypiä (born 1973), Finnish footballer
- Sami Jauhojärvi (born 1981), Finnish cross-country skier
- Samy Kamkar (born 1985), American security researcher
- Sami Kapanen (born 1973), Finnish ice hockey player
- Sami Khedira (born 1987), German footballer
- Sami Kehela (born 1934), Canadian contract bridge player
- Sam Lake (real name Sami Järvi, born 1970), Finnish writer
- Sami Mahlio (born 1972), Finnish footballer
- Sami Mansei (fl. 720), Japanese Buddhist priest and poet
- Sami Michael (1926–2024), Israeli author and president of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel
- Sami Moubayed (born 1978), Syrian historian
- Sami Levi (born 1981), Turkish singer
- Sami Osmakac (born 1986), convicted Kosovar-American terrorist
- Sami Rähmönen (born 1987), Finnish footballer
- Sami Ristilä (born 1974), Finnish footballer
- Sami Scheetz (born 1996), American politician
- Sami Sharaf (1929–2023), Egyptian military officer and politician
- Sami Sirviö (born 1970), Swedish musician and lead guitarist of the rock band Kent
- Sami Uotila (disambiguation), various Finnish people
- Sami Yli-Sirniö (born 1972), Finnish guitarist for the thrash metal band Kreator
- Sami Yusuf (born 1980), British musician
- Sami Zayn (born 1984), ring name of Rami Sebei, Canadian professional wrestler of Syrian descent
- Sami Al Haq (1938-2018), Pashtun religious scholar, known as Father of the Taliban
- Sami Yousafzai (born 1972), Afghan journalist
Surname
[edit]- Adnan Sami (born 1973), Indian musician and actor
- A. S. A. Sami (1915–1998), Indian director and screenwriter
- C. M. Shafi Sami, Bangladeshi politician
- Jagannath Sami, Fijian labor-leader, politician, and soccer player
- Joël Sami (born 1984), French footballer
- Leocísio Sami (born 1988), Bissau-Guinean footballer
- Madeleine Sami (born 1980), New Zealand actress
- Mohammad Sami (born 1981), Pakistani cricketer
- Phillip Sami ((born 1997), Gold Coast Titans
See also
[edit]- Sami (disambiguation)
- Sammie (name)
- Samee, male name
- Samuel (name)
- Samir (name)
- Samira (disambiguation)
- Samantha
References
[edit]- ^ Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Sami
- ^ Hans Wehr 4th ed., page 503
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