Sami (name)

Not to be confused with the English name Sammy

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

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

Sami (Finnish: [ˈsɑmi]) as a Finnish male name derived from the name Samuel, or an American name abbreviated from Samantha or Samuel.

Given name

• Sami (poet) (1743–1850), Sindhi poet who wrote Shlokas in Beit form
• Mirza Azim Sami (c. 1840 – died after 1914), poet and historian in the Emirate of Bukhara
• 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 Bouhoudane (born 2008), Dutch footballer
• 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 Jalal Karchoud (born 2004), Danish footballer
• 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

• 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), Australian league footballer

See also

• Sami (disambiguation)
• Sammie (name)
• Samee, male name
• Samir (name)
• Samira (disambiguation)