Sami (name)
Sami is a Finnish, Hungarian, Arabic and Turkish male given name and an Arabic family name . The feminine form of the Arabic name is Samia . In Japan, Sami is a rare female given name 沙 味.
Origin and meaning
Sami is a Finnish and Hungarian diminutive of Samuel and an Arabic given name ( Arabic سامي) meaning "the sublime". The Turkish first name of Arabic origin also has the meaning "high, noble (courageous), sublime".
Name bearer
First name
Politician
- Sami al-Hinnawi (1898–1950), Syrian military and politician (Social Nationalist Party)
- Süleyman Demirel (full name: Sami Süleyman Gündoğdu Demirel ; 1924–2015), Turkish politician, former state and prime minister
- Sami Güçlü (* 1950), Turkish economist and politician
- Sami Kanaan (* 1964), Swiss politician
- Bekir Sami Kunduh (1865–1933), Ottoman / Turkish diplomat and politician
- Sami Solh (1887–1968), Lebanese politician
- Böcüzade Süleyman Sami (1851–1932), Ottoman politician, bureaucrat and author
- Hikmet Sami Türk (* 1935), Turkish legal scholar and former Minister of Justice (DSP)
athlete
- Sami al-Jabir (* 1972), Saudi Arabian football player
- Sami Allagui (* 1986), German-Tunisian soccer player
- Sami Buzoli , Yugoslav boxer
- Sami Heiskanen (* 1991), Finnish ski jumper
- Sami Helenius (* 1974), Finnish ice hockey player and coach
- Sami Hyypiä (* 1973), Finnish football player
- Sami İzcican (* 1983), Turkish football player
- Sami Jauhojärvi (* 1981), Finnish cross-country skier
- Sami Niemi (* 1991), Finnish ski jumper
- Sami Kaartinen (* 1979), Finnish ice hockey player
- Sami Kapanen (* 1973), Finnish ice hockey player
- Sami Kelopuro (* 1987), Finnish poker player
- Sami Khedira (* 1987), German-Tunisian soccer player
- Sami Lepistö (* 1984), Finnish ice hockey player
- Sami Orpana (* 1990), Finnish biathlete
- Sami Ryhänen (* 1980), Finnish ice hockey player
- Sami Salo (* 1974), Finnish ice hockey player
- Sami Sandell (* 1987), Finnish ice hockey player
- Sammy Sosa (also Sami Sosa ; * 1968), Dominican baseball player
- Sami Torkki (* 1978), Finnish ice hockey player
- Sami Uotila (* 1976), Finnish ski racer
- Sami Vatanen (* 1991), Finnish ice hockey player
- Ali Sami Yen (1886–1951), Turkish football player and coach
Others
- Sami A. , Tunisians deported as an Islamist threat in July 2018, then brought back because of procedural deficiencies
- Sami Aldeeb (* 1949), Swiss lawyer and author of Palestinian descent
- Sami Al-Haj (* 1969), Sudanese cameraman
- Souhaila Andrawes (full name: Souhaila Sami Andrawes as-Sayeh ; * 1953), Palestinian-Lebanese former terrorist
- Sami Bouajila (born 1966), French actor
- Ali Sami Boyar (1880–1967), Turkish painter, museum director, bureaucrat, journalist and officer
- Sami Omar , (* 1978) German author, moderator
- Sami Feder (1909–2000), Russian-Israeli director, actor, writer, editor and typesetter
- Sami Frashëri (Turkish Şemseddin Sami ; 1850–1904), Albanian-Ottoman author
- Sami Frey (born 1937), French actor
- Sami Gabra (1892–1979), Egyptian Egyptologist and Coptologist
- Sami Gayle (* 1996), American actress, singer and dancer
- Sami Hadawi (1904-2004), Palestinian scholar and author
- Sami Hafez Enan (* 1948), Egyptian military man
- Sami Michael (* 1926), Israeli author
- Sıddık Sami Onar (1898–1972), Turkish lawyer and rector of Istanbul University
- Sami Osala (* 1982), Finnish musician, drummer in the band Sunrise Avenue
- Sami Özkara (* 1940), Turkish-German author
- Sami Solanki (* 1958), Swiss astronomer
- Sami Yli-Sirniö (* 1972), Finnish heavy metal guitarist
- Sami Yusuf (* 1980), British musician
stage name
- Samuel-Agop Uluçyan (stage name Sami Hazinses ; 1925–2002), Turkish actor of Armenian descent
family name
- ASA Sami (1915–1998), Tamil screenwriter and film director
- Joël Sami (* 1984), Congolese soccer player
- Leocísio Sami (* 1988), Portuguese-Guinea-Bissau football player
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sami on behindthename.com (Engl.)
- ↑ Sami (arab.) On behindthename.com (engl.)
- ↑ Sami in the name dictionary of the Turkish language (Turkish)