Samy

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Samy is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 3.8K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 168K
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 2.7K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈18,000 people, est.

Sources
319 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Algeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Samy counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Samy is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France#467≈18,000 est.≈1 in 3.8K19KSamy319
DZ Algeria—≈16,000 est.≈1 in 2.7K—Samy29
CM Cameroon#544≈7,400 est.≈1 in 3.8K—Samy8
CD Congo - Kinshasa#679≈6,500 est.≈1 in 16K—Samy19
US United States—1,9781 in 168K1.8KSamy112
BE Belgium—≈1,200 est.≈1 in 9.8K24Samy43
SG Singapore—≈720 est.≈1 in 8.7K—Samy20

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Samy is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name60 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Sàmy, Sâmy, Sämŷ, Samÿ, Sämy

  • English given name43 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Saemy, Sâmy, Sàmy, Sämÿ, Såmy

  • Malay given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, Peru, India

    Languages: Malay, Indonesian

    Also written Sàmy, Sãmy, Sämÿ, Sämy

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sämy

  • Polish given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia

    Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

    Also written Šämý, Šämÿ, Šamÿ, Šămý, Šâmy

  • Hebrew given name16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, Lebanon, Romania, Morocco

    Also written סמי, סאמי, Samiy, Sami, Sammy

60 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi, b. 1839Sami Michael, b. 1926Samy Molcho, b. 1936Sami Hafez Anan, b. 1948Samy Naceri, b. 1961Samy Badibanga, b. 1962Samy Bengio, b. 1965Mikaël Silvestre, b. 1977Sam Morsy, b. 1991Samy Seghir, b. 1994
  • Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudib. 1839EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian Prime Minister (1839–1904)
  • Sami Michaelb. 1926ILnot in their usual nameIraqi-born Israeli author, novelist, civil rights activist
  • Samy Molchob. 1936ILIsraeli dancer
  • Sami Hafez Ananb. 1948EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian military officer; Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces
  • Samy Nacerib. 1961FRFrench-Algerian actor and film producer
  • Samy Badibangab. 1962CDCongolese politician
  • Samy Bengiob. 1965CACanadian computer scientist, co-founder of Google Brain
  • Mikaël Silvestreb. 1977FRnot in their usual nameFrench footballer (born 1977)
  • Sam Morsyb. 1991GBnot in their usual nameEgyptian association football player (born 1991)
  • Samy Seghirb. 1994FRFrench actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 75 sources across 40 countries.

Official registers attesting Samy
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)202419K#240
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.8K#7,640
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020174#7,640
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202530—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20256—

Reference works 5

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Samy a male or female name?
Samy is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Samy have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 18 thousand people named Samy in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled samy.
How common is the name Samy?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,978 people named Samy in 2020, about 1 in 168 thousand residents.
How common is Samy compared with other names?
In France, Samy is the 467th most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Samy” — the 467th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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