Samet (name) explained

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]

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Samet Ağaoğlu (1909–1982), Turkish politician
• Samet Ak (born 2001), Turkish archer
• Samet Akaydın (born 1994), Turkish football player
• Samet Ashimov (born 1979), Bulgarian football player
• Samet Aybaba (born 1955), Turkish football player
• Samet Bülbül (born 1991), Turkish football player
• Samet Bulut (born 1996), Dutch football player
• Samet Geyik (born 1987), Turkish basketball player
• Samet Gündüz (born 1987), Swiss football player
• Samet Ruqi (born 1995), Albanian football player
• Samet Hasan Yıldıran (born 1992), Turkish football player

Middle name

• Faik Samet Güneş (born 1993), Turkish volleyball player.

Surname

• Elizabeth Samet (born 1969), American author
• Hanan Samet, computer scientist
• Jonathan Samet (born 1946), physician and epidemiologist
• Judah Samet (1938–2022), American businessman
• Kayna Samet (born 1980), French singer

Notes and References

1. Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press