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Sami

Sami: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“elevated, sublime”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
SAH-mee · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (22% girls, 78% boys since 1880)

Sami is an Arabic name meaning 'elevated' or 'lofty'. It is also used as a transliteration or short form in Hebrew contexts, but as a standalone given name this spelling is especially common in Arabic usage.

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How popular is Sami?

202453.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Sami in 2024177

2024 rank#1,260 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18806,508

Sami has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Sami

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Alihigh, exalted · Arabic
  • Amiriprincely, of a commander · Arabic
  • IsaJesus · Arabic
  • Kharicharitable · Arabic
  • IssaJesus · Arabic
  • RumiRoman; from Anatolia · Arabic
  • Imanfaith · Arabic
  • MeccaMecca, holy city · Arabic

Sami questions

What does the name Sami mean?

Sami means "elevated, sublime". It comes from Arabic. Sami is an Arabic name meaning 'elevated' or 'lofty'. It is also used as a transliteration or short form in Hebrew contexts, but as a standalone given name this spelling is especially common in Arabic usage.

Is Sami a boy or girl name?

Sami is used for both: about 22% of US babies named Sami since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Sami?

177 US babies were named Sami in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Sami?

Sami is usually pronounced SAH-mee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.