Forename Samu

All around the world, Samu (Samu , サム , Саму ) is a common gender-neutral given name. The first name Samu is characteristic of Fiji, where it is quite a common boy's name, Finland, where it is quite a rare male name, and Paraguay. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in India, Nigeria, and Italy. Much less frequently, Samu is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Samu is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Samu

name Sámuel, name Саму, name សមុ, name Sami, name Šamu, name サム, name သမု, name 撒木, name 薩姆, name Сами, name Sàmù, name 西阿木, name سميع, name Sampsa, name Samù, name סאמו, name サミ, name สมุ, name สมุห์, name Samú, name សាមូ, name 萨木, name 사무, name סמי, name Samos, name সমু, name ペッツ, name سامو, name صامويل, name สะมุ, name שאמו, name သမုး, name 萨米, name 萨姆, name Samuli, name Samu

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Samu	Nigeria, Zimbabwe, India, Tanzania, Hungary
サム	Japan
Саму	Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia

First names said to be same

Sami, Samos, Sampsa, Samuli, Samù, Samú, Sàmù, Sámuel, Šamu, Сами, סאמו, סמי, שאמו, سامو, سميع, صامويل, সমু, สมุ, สมุห์, สะมุ, သမု, သမုး, សមុ, សាមូ, サミ, ペッツ, 撒木, 萨姆, 萨木, 萨米, 薩姆, 西阿木, and 사무

First name Samu in the context

Samu is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Samus Aran , the video game character, Super Smash Bros. Brawl; Samuel Drake , the video game character from Uncharted, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End; Yosemite Sam , the Warner Bros. cartoon character, Looney Tunes; Sam , the fictional character from video game Death Stranding and Sam , the fictional character from the video game The Last of Us, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	giczey samu Hungarian politician (1819-1898), HU (b. 1819)
	zsengeri samu teacher, hungarian non-fiction writer, HU (b. 1840)
	samu hazai Hungarian politician (1851-1942), HU (b. 1851)
	pecz samu Hungarian architect, HU (b. 1854)
	samu bogyó (1857--1928) mathematician, RO (b. 1857)
	fényes samu writer, jurist, philosopher, HU (b. 1863)
	veress samu HU (b. 1857)
	samu kovács (1819–1893) (b. 1819)
	samu borovszky RS (b. 1860)
	nyilas samu Hungarian Protestant pastor, poet (1830-1874), HU (b. 1830)
	nagy samu Hungarian journalist, contributing editor (1881–1940), HU (b. 1881)
	börtsök samu painter (1881-1931), HU (b. 1881)
	stern samu HU (b. 1874)
	bakó samu Hungarian primary school teacher, HU (b. 1837)
	szemere samu HU (b. 1881)