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').
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Notable people with the name include:
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Samet Ağaoğlu
Samet Ağaoğlu (1909, Bakü - 6 Ağustos 1982, İstanbul) was a Turkish–Azerbaijani writer and politician. He was the son of the famous Azerbaijani and naturalized Turkish politician, publicist and journalist Ahmet Agaoğlu.
Early life
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(1909–1982), Turkish politician
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Samet Ak (born 2001), Turkish archer
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Samet Akaydın (born 1994), Turkish football player
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Samet Aybaba
Samet Aybaba (born 3 February 1955, in Osmaniye) is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish football manager and former player.
Career
He was born 2 March 1955 in Adana. He began a football career in İskenderunspor. He transferred to Beşiktaş JK in 1 ...
(born 1955), Turkish football player
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Samet Ashimov (born 1979), Bulgarian football player
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Samet Bulut (born 1996), Dutch football player
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Samet Bülbül
Samet Bülbül (born 13 March 1991) is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Çatalcaspor. His height is 1m 76cms.
Career
Born in Beykoz
Beykoz (), also known as Beicos and Beikos, is a district ...
(born 1991), Turkish football player
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Samet Geyik
Samet Geyik (born January 12, 1993) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Galatasaray Ekmas of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).
Professional career
Geyik began his career with Bornova Belediye in the 2009–10 season. He moved to To ...
(born 1987), Turkish basketball player
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Samet Gündüz (born 1987), Swiss football player
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Samet Ruqi (born 1995), Albanian football player
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Samet Hasan Yıldıran (born 1992), Turkish football player
Middle name
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Faik Samet Güneş (born 1993), Turkish volleyball player.
Surname
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Elizabeth Samet (born 1969), American author
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Hanan Samet
Hanan Samet is a Computer Science researcher and Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland
The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research ...
, computer scientist
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Jonathan Samet (born 1946), physician and epidemiologist
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Judah Samet (born 1938), American businessman
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Kayna Samet
Kayna Samet (born September 27, 1980 in Nice) is a French hip-hop and R&B singer.[Kayna Samet]
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(born 1980), French singer
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Sherwood Samet (born 1927), American gynecologist
References
{{wiktionary, Samet
Turkish-language surnames
Turkish masculine given names