Sami (name)
Sami, also Sammy or Samy, is a given name and surname of different origins and meanings, most prevalent in the Arab world and Scandinavia. == Arabic == Sami, Samy, Samee (Arabic: سامي sāmī) [ˈsæːmi, ˈsaː-, ˈsɛː-], is an Arabic male given name meaning "elevated (رَفْعَة raf‘ah)" or "sublime (سُمُوّ sumū/ sumuw)", in fact stemmed from the verb samā (سما) which means "to transcend", where the verb forms the adjective Sami which means "to be high, elevated, eminent, prominent".