Across the world, Самани (Samani 
, Самани 
) is a common mostly female, but infrequently male first name. The first name Самани is characteristic of India, where it is quite a rare principally girly, but scarcely boy's name, Sudan, where it is quite a rare male name, and Nigeria, where it is a rare dominantly male, but seldom feminine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in India, Indonesia, and Nigeria. Also, Самани is the last name as well as the forename.