Sam

Sam \sam, sa-m\ is a boy's name. It consists of 3 letters and 1 syllable.

The baby boy name Sam is also used as a girl name meaning and origin, is considerably more frequent for boys. Its pronunciation is in English as SAEM ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Sam: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)"

What is the origin of Sam?

Sam is largely used in the English language, and its origin is English and Hebrew. This is the name of a fictional hobbit and Frodo's friend in the J. R. R. Tolkien novel The Lord of the Rings (1954). His full name is Samwise, which is from Samwís and ultimately means 'halfwise' or 'simple' in the Westron language created by Tolkiwn. Uncle Sam is known as the national personification of the United States or the American government. See name Sam for more info. Sam is a short form of the name nicknames for Sampson (English). Sam is also an English short form of the name Samson name variations (English and German). Sam is also an English short form of the name Samuel definition (English, French, German, and Hebrew). short names for Samm, Sammi name (English), name Sammie origin (English), Sem name variations, and Shmuel name variations are variants of Sam. Sammy pronounciation (English pet form) is another variant of Sam. See also the related form, Samantha name. Sam is a classic favorite. Currently it is still fairly popular as a baby name for boys, though it was in more widespread use in the past. In 1900, 0.506% of baby boys were given the name Sam. Its ranking then was #34. The baby name has since experienced a substantial loss in popularity, and it is of occasional use in recent years. In 2010, its usage was only 0.027% and its ranking #477, was nonetheless the 2nd most popular after what does the name Samuel mean, among all boy names in its group. In 2010, its use outnumbered Sam's by 22 times. Sam has predominantly been a baby boy name in the past century.

The following famous people share the name Sam:

• Business Personality Sam Walton, born 29 March 1918 - 6 April 1992, Kingfisher, Oklahoma
• Comedian Sam Kinison, born 8 December 1953 - 10 April 1992, Yakima, Washington
• Daredevil Sam Patch, born 1807 - 13 November 1829, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
• Filmmaker Sam Peckinpah, born David Samuel Peckinpah, 21 February 1925 - 28 December 1984, Fresno, California
• Filmmaker Sam Raimi, born 23 October 1959, Royal Oak, Michigan
• Military Leader Sam Houston, born 2 March 1793 - 26 July 1863, Rockbridge County, Virginia
• National Icon Uncle Sam
• Physician Sam Sheppard, born 1924 - 6 April 1970, Cleveland, Ohio.

List of baby names Sam:

Samm name popularity, name Sahn (Vietnamese), San meaning, nicknames for Sanyoo, Scan meaning of name, what does the name Schamane mean, name Seain meaning, name Sean origin (English and Irish), Seane meaning of name, Seán name popularity (English, Gaelic, and Irish), Sein meaning of name, Sem meaning (English, Dutch, and German), nicknames for Sen, Senán meaning and origin (Irish), Séan definition, short names for Shaan (Hebrew), Shaen name, Shaene meaning, Shahm definition, and Shain name.

The baby name Sam fun facts:

The name Sam in reverse order is "Mas".

The numerological value of the name Sam is number 6, which means responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance, sympathy.

How popular is Sam?

Sam is in the top names in USA.