Samet (name)
Samet is both a surname and a given name. The name is German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of velvet, from Yiddish samet 'velvet' (German Samt, ultimately from Greek hexamiton, a compound of hex 'six' + mitos 'thread').[1]
Turkish people (with Jewish roots) also use this name.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name:
- Samet Aybaba (born 1955), football player
- Samet Ashimov (born 1979), footballer
- Samet Geyik (born 1987), basketball player
- Samet Gündüz (born 1987), footballer
- Samet Bülbül (born 1991), footballer
Surname:
- Hanan Samet, computer scientist
- Jonathan Samet (born 1946), physician and epidemiologist
- Kayna Samet (born 1980), singer
References
- ^ Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
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