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Meaning of the nameSamy

Samy is a spelling of the name Sami, which means “elevated, sublime”.

Meaning

“elevated, sublime”

Meaning of the name Sami, of which Samy is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Sami (2) · Wiktionary: Sami

People (2022)
1,291
Rank in Brazil
#6,968
Median age
20 years
2010 Census
966
people

Samy in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Samy, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (410 people).

618 women 673 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Samy is most common

States with the highest share of people named Samy in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Amazonas 0.003%
  2. Pará 0.002%
  3. Bahia 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1970.000%
Amazonas1200.003%
Pará1180.002%
Bahia1160.001%
Minas Gerais960.001%
Rio de Janeiro870.001%
Maranhão690.001%
Ceará620.001%
Pernambuco580.001%
Paraná370.000%
Rio Grande do Sul360.000%
Goiás360.001%
Rio Grande do Norte360.001%
Paraíba300.001%
Santa Catarina290.000%
Alagoas260.001%
Piauí230.001%
Tocantins190.001%
Espírito Santo170.000%
Distrito Federal170.001%
Mato Grosso160.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul150.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Samy

The final Y is an alternative transcription of the Arabic سامي, according to Behind the Name; the 2022 Census records the spelling in almost equal numbers for men and women.

About the name Sami

The Arabic name سامي (Sāmī) comes from the root samā, 'to be high', and means 'elevated, sublime', according to Behind the Name; Wiktionary derives it from سامٍ (sāmin), 'high, elevated'. Samy is a transcription of the same Arabic name. Wiktionary also records that Sami is, in Finnish, a diminutive of Samuel. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,578 people named Sami, with a median age of 24. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Samy as a spelling variant of Sami.

Other spellings of Sami

SpellingPeople (2022)
Sami1,578
Samy1,291

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Sami (2) · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Samy · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Wiktionary: Sami · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Sami · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Samy

What does the name Samy mean?

Samy means “elevated, sublime”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Sami, of which Samy is a spelling.

How many people are named Samy in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,291 people with the first name Samy, which ranks it number 6,968 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Samy a boy's or a girl's name?

Samy is used by both men and women: in the 2022 Census, 618 women and 673 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Samy?

Samy is a name of Arabic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Samy most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.003% of the state's population is named Samy (120 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Samy?

Sami. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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