Samet (name)
Samet is both a surname and a given name. The name is German and Jewish : metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of velvet, from Yiddish samet 'velvet'.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Samet Ağaoğlu, Turkish politician
- Samet Ak, Turkish archer
- Samet Akaydın, Turkish football player
- Samet Ashimov, Bulgarian football player
- Samet Aybaba, Turkish football player
- Samet Bülbül, Turkish football player
- Samet Bulut, Dutch football player
- Samet Geyik, Turkish basketball player
- Samet Gündüz, Swiss football player
- Samet Hasan Yıldıran, Turkish football player
Middle name
- Faik Samet Güneş, Turkish volleyball player.
Surname
- Elizabeth Samet, American author
- Hanan Samet, computer scientist
- Jonathan Samet, physician and epidemiologist
- Judah Samet, American businessman
- Kayna Samet, French singer