A Young Arab Girl by August Alexius Canzi courtesy Wikimedia Commons
Origin: Arabic سميحة
Meaning: generous; forgiving
Gender: feminine
(suh-MEE-huh)
The name is derived from the Arabic verb سامح (smh), which means “to condone; excuse; forgive; overlook; pardon” and can also be translated as to mean “lenient, generous.”
Other transliterations include: Sameeha (Urdu) and Samihah.
A masculine more unusual form is Samih سامح.
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