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Sami
Pronounced /ˈsɑːmi/
Rank in 2024
#1,260
Born in 2024
156
Peak year
2017 · #1110
Origin
Arabic
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 156 boys were named Sami, about 1 in every 10,996.
- It peaked in 2017 with 174 babies, ranked #1110.
- It first shows up in the records in 1955.
- 5,111 boys have been named Sami since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Sami per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 55 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 271 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,011 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,004 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,770 babies, 0.08 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Northern Sami Sápmi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémijāˀ (“land”). Displaced native Old English Finn (the direct descendant is Finn (“person from Finland”)). More at Sápmi and Sami. ==== Alternative forms ==== Saami, Sámi ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈsɑːmi/, /ˈsæmi/ Rhymes: -ɑːmi, -æmi ==== Noun ==== Sami (plural Sami or Samis) A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.
- A male given name from Arabic, feminine equivalent Samiyah.
- A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.
- Origin
- Arabic
- Say it
- /ˈsɑːmi/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Sami, CC BY-SA 4.0.