Sem is a masculine given name. The
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
name is the Biblical
Shem
Shem (; he, שֵׁם ''Šēm''; ar, سَام, Sām) ''Sḗm''; Ge'ez: ሴም, ''Sēm'' was one of the sons of Noah in the book of Genesis and in the book of Chronicles, and the Quran.
The children of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, L ...
(son of
Noah
Noah ''Nukh''; am, ኖህ, ''Noḥ''; ar, نُوح '; grc, Νῶε ''Nôe'' () is the tenth and last of the pre-Flood patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5– ...
) and perhaps sometimes a variant of the
West Frisian name ''Sjamme''.
Sem
at the Meertens Institute
The Meertens Institute (Dutch ''Meertens Instituut'') in Amsterdam is a research institute for Dutch language and culture within the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (''Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen'' or KNAW).
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database of given names in the Netherlands. People with the name include:
*Sem Benelli
Sem Benelli (August 10, 1877 – December 18, 1949) was an Italian playwright, essayist and librettist. He provided the texts for several noted Italian operas, including Italo Montemezzi's ''L'amore dei tre re'' and ''L'incantesimo'', and Umbert ...
(1877–1949), Italian playwright, essayist and librettist
* Sem Braan (born 1979), Dutch kickboxer
*Sem De Ranieri
Sem De Ranieri (4 June 1888 – 13 February 1979) was an Italian sports shooter. He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games ...
(1888–1979), Italian sports shooter
* Sem Dresden (1881–1957), Dutch conductor, composer, and teacher
* (1914–2002), Dutch literary critic, Romance linguist and essayist
* (1912–1995), Dutch engraver and graphic designer
*Sem Moema
Semakaleng Mokgadi Moema (born 4 November 1984) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the London Assembly Member for North East since 2021.
Early life
Moema was born in Islington to South African parents who had fled Apartheid i ...
, British politician
* Sem Robberse (born 2001), Dutch baseball player
* Sem Sæland (1874–1940), Norwegian physicist
*Sem Schilt
Sem "Semmy" Schilt (; born 27 October 1973) is a Dutch former kickboxer, Ashihara karateka and mixed martial artist. He stands 212 cm and weighs 171 kg. He is a four-time K-1 World Grand Prix Champion and one-time Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam ...
(born 1973), Dutch kickboxer
* Sem Shilimela (born 1991), Namibian wrestler
* Sem Vermeersch (born 1968), Belgian Koreanist
* Sem de Wit (born 1995), Dutch footballer
See also
*Sem (artist)
Georges Goursat ( – ), known as Sem, was a French caricature, caricaturist famous during the ''Belle Époque''.
Life and works
Youth (1863–1900)
Georges Goursat was born and raised in an upper-middle-class family from Périgueux. The weal ...
, pseudonym of French caricaturist Georges Goursat (1863–1934)
* Sem (disambiguation)
References
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Dutch masculine given names