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').

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