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I agree that Sam is very friendly sort of name. I think it can stand alone, though it isn't my personal preference. I actually love Samuel and, if I used it, I'd call him Samuel, not Sam.

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Merely for the purpose of giving the bearer more options (not being able to predict whether he'd later feel he had only a nickname), I would choose a full name for "Sam", provided there was a full name I liked. If not, however, I would not give a full name, just to have it on the birth certificate.

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For fun, some "thinking out of the box" "Sam" names...

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Gresham
Salomon
Absalom

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Huh, that was harder than I thought it'd be. :)

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