Sami (name)
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, is an Arabic male given name meaning "elevated " or "sublime ", in fact stemmed from the verb samā which means "to transcend", where the verb forms the adjective Sami which means "to be high, elevated, eminent, prominent".The female given name, Samiya or Samia, 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. Samir is also a different name.
Other
Sami as a Finnish male name derived from the name Samuel, or an American name abbreviated from Samantha or Samuel.Given name
- Sami (poet), Sindhi poet who wrote Shlokas in Beit form
- Mirza Azim Sami, poet and historian in the Emirate of Bukhara
- Sami Aslam, Pakistani cricketer
- Sami al-Hinnawi, Syrian politician and military officer
- Sami Al-Jaber, Saudi Arabian retired footballer
- Sami Allagui, German-born Tunisian footballer
- Sami as-Solh, five-time prime minister of Lebanon
- Sami Bayraktar, Turkish-Belgian futsal player
- Sami Bouajila, French actor
- Sami Bouhoudane, Dutch footballer
- Sami Callihan, American professional wrestler
- Sami Güçlü, Turkish politician
- Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Palestinian-Lebanese physician and writer
- Sami Hyypiä, Finnish footballer
- Sami Jauhojärvi, Finnish cross-country skier
- Samy Kamkar, American security researcher
- Sami Kapanen, Finnish ice hockey player
- Sami Jalal Karchoud, Danish footballer
- Sami Khedira, German footballer
- Sami Kehela, Canadian contract bridge player
- Sam Lake, Finnish writer
- Sami Mahlio, Finnish footballer
- Sami Mansei, Japanese Buddhist priest and poet
- Sami Michael, Israeli author and president of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel
- Sami Moubayed, Syrian historian
- Sami Levi, Turkish singer
- Sami Osmakac, convicted Kosovar-American terrorist
- Sami Rähmönen, Finnish footballer
- Sami Ristilä, Finnish footballer
- Sami Scheetz, American politician
- Sami Sharaf, Egyptian military officer and politician
- Sami Sirviö, Swedish musician and lead guitarist of the rock band Kent
- Sami Uotila (disambiguation), various Finnish people
- Sami Yli-Sirniö, Finnish guitarist for the thrash metal band Kreator
- Sami Yusuf, British musician
- Sami Zayn, ring name of Rami Sebei, Canadian professional wrestler of Syrian descent
- Sami Al Haq, Pashtun religious scholar, known as Father of the Taliban
- Sami Yousafzai, Afghan journalist
Surname
- Adnan Sami, Indian musician and actor
- A. S. A. Sami, Indian director and screenwriter
- C. M. Shafi Sami, Bangladeshi politician
- Jagannath Sami, Fijian labor-leader, politician, and soccer player
- Joël Sami, French footballer
- Leocísio Sami, Bissau-Guinean footballer
- Madeleine Sami, New Zealand actress
- Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
- Phillip Sami, Australian league footballer