# Sem (given name)

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**Sem** is a masculine given name. The [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) name is the Biblical [Shem](/source/Shem) (son of [Noah](/source/Noah)) and perhaps sometimes a variant of the [West Frisian](/source/West_Frisian_language) name *Sjamme*. [1] People with the name include:

- [Sem Benelli](/source/Sem_Benelli) (1877–1949), Italian playwright, essayist and librettist
- [Sem Braan](/source/Sem_Braan) (born 1979), Dutch kickboxer
- [Sem De Ranieri](/source/Sem_De_Ranieri) (1888–1979), Italian sports shooter
- [Sem Dresden](/source/Sem_Dresden) (1881–1957), Dutch conductor, composer, and teacher
- [Sem Dresden (writer)](/source/Sem_Dresden_(writer)) (1914–2002), Dutch literary critic, Romance linguist and essayist
- [Sem Hartz](/source/Sem_Hartz) (1912–1995), Dutch engraver and graphic designer
- [Sem Moema](/source/Sem_Moema), British politician
- [Sem Robberse](/source/Sem_Robberse) (born 2001), Dutch baseball player
- [Sem Sæland](/source/Sem_S%C3%A6land) (1874–1940), Norwegian physicist
- [Sem Schilt](/source/Sem_Schilt) (born 1973), Dutch kickboxer
- [Sem Shilimela](/source/Sem_Shilimela) (born 1991), Namibian wrestler
- [Sem Vermeersch](/source/Sem_Vermeersch) (born 1968), Belgian Koreanist
- [Sem de Wit](/source/Sem_de_Wit) (born 1995), Dutch footballer

## See also

- [Sem (artist)](/source/Sem_(artist)), pseudonym of French caricaturist Georges Goursat (1863–1934)
- [Sem (disambiguation)](/source/Sem_(disambiguation))

## References

1. [Sem](https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Sem) at the [Meertens Institute](/source/Meertens_Institute) database of given names in the Netherlands.

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