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Sami - Origin and Meaning of the name

 
 

 


The boy name Sami [ 2 syll. sa-mi, sam-i ] is pronounced as SAEMiy KEY. Sami is used predominantly in the Arabic, Hungarian, Iranian, and Turkish languages, and its origin is Arabic. Derived literally from the element 'sami'. The name Samia (Arabic) is the female version of Sami. The name Samy (Arabic and French) is a variant of Sami.

Sami is infrequently used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Sami include Sammy (English), Salman (Arabic, Iranian, and Turkish), Samu (Hungarian), Samy (Arabic and French), Sanya (Russian), Sawney (Scottish), Sawnie (Scottish), Semyon (Russian), Senán (Irish), Shannon (English), Shimon (Hebrew), Siemen (Dutch and German), Simen (Scandinavian), Simon (English, French, and German), Simone (Italian), Sina (Arabic and Iranian), Síomón (Irish), Sonnie (English), Sonny (English), Szymon (Polish), Sam (English), Sean (Irish), Seanán (Irish), Sem (Dutch and German), Shane (English and Irish), Shaun (English), Shawn (English), Shayne (English), Shem (English), Sim (English), Simeon (German and Slavic), Sìm (Scottish), Stian (Scandinavian), Stiana (Irish), Swen (German and Scandinavian), and Cem (Turkish).

KEY: English pronunciation for Sami: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


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