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Now that I think about it, I know a LOT of male Sam(uel)s, but hardly any female Sam(antha)s. I've heard from others online that it's the complete opposite for them.
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Sam Duckworth is an English musician who performs as Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. He is also sometimes referred to as Get Cape, Cape, GCWCF and Slam Dunkworth (the latter title apparently first coined by Emmy the Great). According to Duckworth, his original stage name came from Retro Gamer magazine, from an article about superhero games such as Batman containing the heading "Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly", although a Calvin & Hobbes cartoon by Bill Watterson has also been cited. In addition to the Get Cape name, and his given name, Duckworth has released music under the moniker Recreations.
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I love the name Sam! It’s a perfect name for a person who is sweet, kind, and intelligent. My guy’s name is Sam and he’s amazing!
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It's too boring and overused (particularly for Samuel) in my view. The nickname suggestion for Samantha is a good idea though.
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I love this name- I'm a huge LOTR fan so I always think of Samwise Gamgee. I can see it being a cute nickname, and honestly Samwise is a good name too.
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Also Swedish: https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Sam_m
Also Dutch: https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Sam
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Also Dutch: https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Sam
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It's alright. I don't like it on a boy, it's better as a nickname for Samantha.
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Samuel "Sam" Milby is a Filipino-American actor, musician, guitarist, model, recording artist, and businessman. In 2005, Milby decided to seriously pursue a career in show business and modeling.
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Samantha “Sam” Puckett is a main character on the Nickelodeon TV series iCarly and Sam & Cat. She is a strong and sarcastic person.
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I usually see girls have this name more than boys, so I think this names is for both boys and girls.
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I know a couple of Sams. I know one whose full name is Samuel, one whose full name is just Sam, and Samantha, (who is a girl). We call her Sam.
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Boring. A similar-sounding name, Sem, is much better.
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Perfect nickname for Samantha.
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Horrible nickname for Samuel. Don't ever think about using it as a nickname or first name.
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Samantha "Sam" Dall from The Darkest Minds and Samuel "Sam" Goode from The Lorien Legacies are famous bearers of the name.
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I think this name is plain but if you want to name your child this name him Samuel and people can call him Sam.
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Awesamdude a Minecraft YouTuber/streamer. Know to be very good at redstone.
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Sam Riegal (born 1976) is an American voice actor, former child actor, and the older brother to actress Eden Riegal, best known for doing English dub anime and video games.
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Effortless lad's name.
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Sam is Luna’s best friend in the Nickelodeon show The Loud House.
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Samantha Hughes' nickname Sam is the protagonist of In Country, a 1986 novel by Bobbie Ann Mason.
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Love as a nickname for Samantha.
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I think it's a strong, timeless name for a male. It's awful for a female though.
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Yosemite Sam.
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Way too short.
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Sam Finch, Edith Finch Jr.'s deceased 33 year-old grandfather from the popular game, "What Remains of Edith Finch."
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Samara "Sam" Young, protagonist from the popular Webtoon, "Let's Play."
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I like it! Goes good for either gender.
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Nice name for a boy. It only suits a girl if it is a nickname.
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Good for either boy or girl. Normally for me it sounds better on a boy but it depends on the full name itself.
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Samuel ‘Sam’ James Witwicky is the protagonist in Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Portrayed by Shia LaBeouf.
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Sam is a very common name for both male and female. But I kinda like it.
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In 2018, 51 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Sam* who is registered male with the Social Security Administration. It is the 699th most common male first name for living U.S. citizens.
*as a first name, not a nickname.
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*as a first name, not a nickname.
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Samuel “Sam” Campbell was born on August 1 1895 in Wateska, Iroquois County, Illinois. He was the youngest of two children born to Arthur J. And Katherine “Kittie” (née Lyman) Campbell. Sam Campbell was many things including writer, lecturer, photographer and diligent student of nature. He studied wild animals from his home, which he called the sanctuary of Wegimind, and during his various travels. Sam Campbell died April 13, 1962 in Barrington, Illinois.
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I never really liked this name (or even thought about it, for that matter) until I started watching the television show "Supernatural." One of the main protagonists of the show is Sam Winchester, who is played by actor Jared Padalecki. He is super cute, too.
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O. Sam Mitani is a Japanese-American writer and author, best known for his work as International Editor for Road & Track magazine where he spent 22 years. Born in Tokyo, Japan, Mitani moved to the United States at the age of two.
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Sam Koyei Shimabukuro was one of only two Japanese Americans to have been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy from 1991 to 1996.
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I am pregnant. This is anonymous as my secret has not been released yet apart from my husband Mike and my daughter Lily. I did the test today. Over dinner, we were discussing names as we want to get them over and done with as soon as possible. We thought a multi sex name as then it wouldn't matter what sex the child will be. We thought Sam as it is sweet for both a boy and a girl. It is a lovely classic name that Mike and I both love. It is wonderful to be pregnant as it has been ten years since Lily who I gave birth to at 16. She thought of Sam which is amazing!
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Sam Lidington is a Scottish footballer that plays left-back position for the Scottish football club Kilmarnock FC.
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Sure there's been many characters named Sam, but we can't forget Sam Evans from Glee.
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Sam Cooke is an English glamour model and Page 3 girl from Manchester. Cooke has appeared in numerous British "lads' mags", including FHM, FRONT, Maxim, Loaded, Zoo and Nuts in the UK, as well as on several covers around the world. She is most famous for being a Page 3 girl in The Sun, and was the winner of the newspaper's annual Page 3 Idol competition in 2006. Cooke has also appeared in the Hot Shots Calendar.
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Sam John "Lightnin'" Hopkins was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist, and occasional pianist, from Centerville, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
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Sam Farren, the author of Dragonoak, is a nonbinary bearer of the name. Nonbinary means that they are neither female nor male.
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Sam is the son of Flynn in the movie Tron: Legacy.
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Sam Winchester from Supernatural!
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It is a very simple name by itself, and good for girls.
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I was named Samantha, but my mother is the only one that ever calls me that. I stopped going by Samie at age 8 because everyone I knew had a dog or cat named that (or seemed like it). I have gone by Sam since then. All my friends and family agree that Sam suits me much more than Samantha or Samie. My biggest issue is when I introduce myself to someone as Sam, they for some reason feel the need to ask if it is short for Samantha. I doubt that they would ask a male if it was short for Samuel or Samson. I've come to the point of saying that it is short for Saaaaaaaaaaaaaam or Samalamadingadong.
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Yawn.
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Sam Heughan who plays Jamie in the tv-series Outlander.
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I like this name for both boys and girls. I have a friend named Sam and she is very nice. But I also think of Sam (Samuel) Roth from the Shiver series by Maggie Stiefvater.
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Sam is also commonly used as a nickname for the name Sameer in my experience.
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Sam Woolf placed fifth on last season's American Idol competition. He has an EP out called Pretend.
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Samuel Harry "Sam" Strike is an English actor.
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Samuel Frederick "Sam" Smith is a British soul singer-songwriter.
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I like this name on its own, for a boy!
Samuel or samson doesn't do it for me /:
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Samuel or samson doesn't do it for me /:
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Sam Sheepdog, a character in Looney Tunes.
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Yosemite Sam, a Looney Tunes character.
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Samantha "Sam" is a character in Totally Spies!.
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Samantha "Sam" Knight is a character in Code Lyoko.
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Tiger Woods also has a daughter names Sam. It's not short for Samantha, it's just Sam.
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Sam Gamgee is Frodo's loyal friend in The Lord of the Rings. His name is short for Samwise.
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Uncle Sam is an old man dressed in American flag patterned clothing and a top hat. The character appeared on a famous poster that said: "I want you for the U.S. Army!" The expression "Uncle Sam" is often used to mean the United States.
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Corey Haim played a kid named Sam (or sometimes Sammy) in The Lost Boys.
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What about Sam Puckett, the aggressive blond from iCarly? I love Sam!
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It's an endearing name, but seriously don't like it for a girl. When I hear the name I think of an old man in overalls with a harmonica and a coon dog.
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Sam Beaver is a character from "Trumpet of the Swan", by E. B White!
Personally, I love this name for a boy. I hate for a girl.
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Personally, I love this name for a boy. I hate for a girl.
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I don't like it because it's a Croatian word for "alone" pronounced SAHM.
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If you have trouble pronouncing it, it rhymes with "HAM", or "BAM".
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The daughter of Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards is called Sam J Sheen (born March 9, 2004).
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I've always thought Sam was such a warm name, for a guy or a girl. I've known some annoying Sams, but they didn't ruin it for me. I still love this name.
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Personally, I find it to be a rather sweet and youthful name, that would suit girls as much as it suits boys.
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I prefer this name MUCH more for a girl than a boy! For a girl it sounds trendy and stylish! For a boy it sounds like a computer nerd.
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It can be used as a pet form of Samnang (especially if someone with that name is living in an English-speaking country where that name is not commonly used).
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Samantha "Sam" Madison is the main character in Meg Cabot's popular teen novel, All American Girl. Also, Sam Uley is the alpha werewolf in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga.
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I like the name Sam, only as a nickname though. I might call my daughter Samantha and use Sam or Sammy as nicknames.
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The Yiddish word for "poison".
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I adore Sam for a boy, I will almost definitely use it one day. However I really, really dislike it for a girl, it's far to masculine!
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Sam, the Eagle, is a Muppet. He the blue American Eagle that often disapproves, yet eventually goes along with, the muppet capers. He's pretty dead-pan and serious.
Also Sam Waterston is a criminal lawyer on the popular show Law & Order. It's often suggested these two Sams look alike.
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Also Sam Waterston is a criminal lawyer on the popular show Law & Order. It's often suggested these two Sams look alike.
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I think this is a great name for guys and girls. My best friend (girl) is named Samantha, and is called Sammie, sometimes Sam.
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It's a great name for girls when it's a shortened form of Samantha. It's an okay name for guys, but it just seems kinda common. However, I like a guy named Sam, so believe me, my impressions of the name are overall good.
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Sam Seaborn is Rob Lowe's character on the American television drama, The West Wing. For most of the series, he is the White House Deputy Communications Director.
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I really love this name. It's short yet nice. If I will ever have a son I'll get Sam/Sem into his name somehow.
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Sam is a character in Supernatural.
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Sam is the name of Hannah's precocious son in the Television show "October Road."
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Strangely, I know a guy called Sam. The strange thing is that Sam is apparently a short form of the name Samael, which has got to be one of the strangest, weirdest and most bewitching names I've ever heard. He hates it. I find it fascinating. Our first ever conversation was about his name, with me going "How the hell did you get a name like Samael? You Gnostic or something?".
Samael is, in Gnostic mythology, the name of the 'blind god' or 'God of the Blind', a third of the evil Demiurge. Primarily, the name in Judaicas is of the Angel of Death and means 'venom of God'. His mother was a philosophy student who got hooked on Gnosticism, and she liked the sound of Samael. He was -very- nearly named Yaldabaoth or Azarael. His brother got Azarael instead.
Poor guy xP Love him, though.
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Samael is, in Gnostic mythology, the name of the 'blind god' or 'God of the Blind', a third of the evil Demiurge. Primarily, the name in Judaicas is of the Angel of Death and means 'venom of God'. His mother was a philosophy student who got hooked on Gnosticism, and she liked the sound of Samael. He was -very- nearly named Yaldabaoth or Azarael. His brother got Azarael instead.
Poor guy xP Love him, though.
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Sam Montgomery is the main character in A Cinderella Story.
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Sam Endicott is the singer from The Bravery.
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Sam is the name of one of Danny Phantom's best friends. She's a goth, and also a ultra-recyclo vegetarian (she doesn't eat anything with a face on it). You either love her or hate her, pretty much.
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I only like this name for a boy. In my opinion, it's ugly for a girl.
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I frequently call my niece, Samantha, Sam because when she was younger she was a tom-boy, and it also suits her so much better. Almost everyone calls her Sam now. We also sometimes call her Sammie or Sam'r. I absolutely love the name Sam by itself, but I guess my sis beat me to using it.
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In the movie Benny & Joon, Johnny Depp's character is named Sam.
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I love the name Sam for a girl (not short for Samara or Samantha or whatever). I like the nickname Sammi. :)
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Sean Penn played Sam in the movie "I am Sam." Sam is also the annoying creature in Dr. Suess's book "Green Eggs and Ham."
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