Sami

Family name origins & meanings

• 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’.
• Indian : variant of Swamy.