Samai
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Samai by the numbers
Samai was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 18 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Samai
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Samai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Saraiprincess; my princess717 in the US (2017)
- Samiexalted; elevated168 in England and Wales (2025)
- Samarevening conversation or gathering18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sammihis name is God; diminutive of Samuel or Samantha26 in the US (2017)
- Samahgenerosity; magnanimity13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Samaasky; heaven; lofty4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Samai
Names that are said the same way as Samai, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Samai
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