In a recent appearance alongside Neville on Talk is Jericho, Zayn opened up about some of the lesser known details of his private and professional life. And it turns out that his ring name is more than just a catchy moniker. Zayn reveals that Sami Zayn is a legitimate Arab name, and a little bit of digging tells us that Sami translates to elevated or sublime and that Zayn means beautiful and radiant. Anyone whos seen Zayn in the ring is likely to agree that such names are highly fitting of the high-flyers exciting in-ring style. Furthermore, Zayn also revealed that his mother actually nearly called him Sami. Instead, she settled on the not too distant Rami, which derives from the verb Ram, meaning to wish, to aim at, to dream, to be ambitious. Again, words that arent a million miles away from the character that we see in NXT today.
