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 [ 2 syll. sa-mi, sam-i ] The boy name Sami is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is SAEMiy KEY. Sami is used predominantly in the Arabic, Hungarian, Iranian, Turkish, and Finnish languages, and its origin is Arabic and Hebrew. From Arabic and Hebrew roots, its meaning is high, exalted, praised, sublime - in this context, Sami is usually used in the Arabic, Hungarian, Iranian, and Turkish languages. Derived literally from the element 'sami'. The name Samia (Arabic) is the female version of Sami. The name Saami (Arabic) and the name Samy (Arabic and French) are variants of Sami. In addition, Sami is a pet form (Finnish and Hungarian) of the name Samuel (English, French, and German). Sami is infrequently used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Sami, Samuel (English, French, and German) was the most widely used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Sami include Sammie (English), Sammy (English), Saami (Arabic), Sahen, Sajan (Indian), Sajjan (Indian), Salman (Arabic, Iranian, and Turkish), Salmon (English), Samein (Arabic), Samman (Arabic), Sammon, Samo (Czech), Samu (Hungarian), Samy (Arabic and French), Sani, Sanya (Russian), Sawney (Scottish), Sawnie (English and Scottish), Saxon (English), and Seann (Irish). 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)"   |
