Sami

Meanings

Noun

• A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.

Proper Noun

• The Sami people, collectively.
• Any of the languages of the Sami people.
• A male given name from Arabic.
• A female given name.

Adjective

• Relating to the Sami people of northern Scandinavia, or the Sami languages.

Origin

• From Northern Sami Sámi, from one of the languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémē ("land"). More at Sápmi and Sami.
• From Arabic سَامِيّ.
• From Samantha.