Worldwide, سمیح (Samih 
, سمیح) is a common primarily male, but scarcely feminine forename. The first name سمیح is habitual in Lebanon, where it is quite a common boy's name, Israel, where it is quite a common mostly boy's, but uncommonly female name, and Maldives, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Egypt, Morocco, and Lebanon. Likewise, سمیح is the last name as well as the forename.