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I don't like Sam on its own. It's too incomplete, and it's strictly a nickname to me, and I dislike nicknames as formal names. Also, it's not gender specific, since it's a nickname for Samuel and Samantha (actor Charlie Sheen and his wife, actress Denise Richards named their daughter just Sam). I much prefer Samuel with Sam as a nickname. I say, if you can't find a formal name you like, then discard the name altogether. But, I don't think the formal name choice should revolve around a nickname.

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Also, I don't get mule when I pronounce Samuel. How are pronouncing Samuel? I pronounce it as Sam-u-el, not as Sam-yule. I think Samuel is a nice strong and classical name.

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-Lissa Hannah-
As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead. - Allan Bloom