Sami

Where Sami comes from

Derived from Arabic سَامِي (sāmī), from the informal pronunciation of سَامٍ (sāmin, “high, exalted”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Sami
  • Arabic
  • Vowel-ended
Sami through the years
  1. 1955
    First appearance
    #3,886 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 2017
    Peak, #1,110
    174 babies named Sami, its best rank.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic, feminine equivalent Samiyah.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.