as a Last Name
- 799
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Sami
Meaning & Origins
Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic samī῾ ‘hearing’, ‘listening’, or on sāmī ‘august’. As-Samī῾ ‘the All-Hearing’ is an attribute of Allah. It is found in combinations such as ῾Abd al-Samī῾ (Abdus-Sami) ‘servant of the All-Hearing’.
| 31,749th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 799
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Virginia
- has the most people named Sami per capita
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