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]

Notable people with the name include:

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References

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