Sami

Meaning and origin of Sami

Popularity of Sami in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2004.
• Over recent years, Sami has been stable (−2.6% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Sami every 6.4 schools, all spellings combined.

Sami in English-speaking countries

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  376^th boys’ name97 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,752+2.9% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  304^th boys’ name441 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,874+4% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  475^th boys’ name19 babies in 3 years1 boy in 3,155

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  579^th boys’ name15 babies in 3 years1 boy in 4,788

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  1,226^th boys’ name496 babies in 3 years1 boy in 10,366+4.2% a year

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): British Columbia (Canada), Northern Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Sami and Sämi are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Sämiabroad
• Samy720
• Sammy (in French)25
• Samih5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Sami

• Salim
• Selim
• Ousmane
• Issam
• Islem
• Khalil
• Sanad
• Ishaq
• Malik
• Qassim
• Bilal
• Naïl

See also

• →French names of Arabic origin