Samet
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sa-MET
- Origin
- Arabic
Samet is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “eternal, self-sufficient”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Samet mean?
Arabic: Turkish form of Samad
“eternal, self-sufficient”
Turkish form of Samad, from al-Samad, one of the names of God in Islam, often rendered the Eternal.
Is Samet a girl's or a boy's name?
Samet is a boys' name.
How popular is Samet in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Samet in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Samet in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
Names like Samet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmed, Saif, Samir, Hamza, Suhaib, Hassan, Sahil, Sabir, Faizan, Fahad, Saim, Hammad
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Samet: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/samet, updated 20 October 2026.