Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. /ˈsæm/  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Short form of Samuel, Samson, Samantha and other names beginning with Sam. A notable fictional bearer is Sam Spade, a detective in Dashiell Hammett's novel The Maltese Falcon (1930). In J. R. R. Tolkien's 1954 novel The Lord of the Rings (1954) this is a short form of Samwise.

Related Names

VariantsSammie, Sammy, Sammi
Other Languages & CulturesSamuel(Amharic) Samvel(Armenian) Samuel(Biblical) Samouel(Biblical Greek) Shemu'el(Biblical Hebrew) Samuhel(Biblical Latin) Samuil(Bulgarian) Samuel(Czech) Samuel(Danish) Samantha, Samuël, Samuel(Dutch) Samwel(Eastern African) Samuela(Fijian) Samuel, Samuli, Sami, Samppa, Samu(Finnish) Samuel(French) Samuel(German) Shmuel(Hebrew) Sámuel, Samu(Hungarian) Samanta, Samantha, Samuele(Italian) Samuel(Jewish) Samanta(Latvian) Samoil(Macedonian) Samuel(Norwegian) Samanta, Samuel(Polish) Samanta, Samuel(Portuguese) Samuel(Romanian) Samuil(Russian) Samuel(Slovak) Samanta, Samuel, Samu(Spanish) Samuel(Swedish) Sawyl(Welsh)
Surname DescendantSams(English)
Same SpellingSam 2
User SubmissionsSâm, Sam

Popularity

People think this name is

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Name Days

Sweden: September 1

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Entry updated October 6, 2024