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Date	Editor	Change Summary
12/29/2022, 11:28 AM	Mike C
10/14/2012, 9:41 AM	SeaHorse15
1/28/2010, 7:03 PM	anonymous

Name Shemp

Gender Masculine

Usage Popular Culture

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Meaning & History

In the case of the Three Stooges member Shemp Howard (1895-1955) it was a pseudonym that arose from his Litvak (Lithuanian Yiddish) mother's pronunciation of Sam 1, a short form of his real name Samuel.

Added 1/28/2010 by anonymous