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Sam is an English short form of the name Samuel (English, French, and German). Sam is also an English short form of the name Samson (English and German). Sam is also a short form of the name Sampson (English). See also the related form, Samantha (English, French, and German). 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 2007, its usage was only 0.028% and its ranking #454, but it was nonetheless the 2nd most popular after Samuel (English, French, and German), among all boy names in its group. In 2007, its use outnumbered Sam's by 22 times. Baby names that sound like Sam include Sean (Irish), Sem (Dutch and German), Shane (English and Irish), Shaun (English), Shawn (English), Shayne (English), Shem (English), Sim (English), Sìm (Scottish), Stian (Scandinavian), Swen (German and Scandinavian), Cem (Turkish), Salman (Arabic, Iranian, and Turkish), Sami (Arabic, Hungarian, Iranian, and Turkish), Sammy (English), Samu (Hungarian), Samy (Arabic and French), Sanya (Russian), Sawney (Scottish), Sawnie (Scottish), Semyon (Russian), Senán (Irish), Shannon (English), Shimon (Hebrew), Siemen (Dutch and German), Simen (Scandinavian), Simon (English, French, and German), Simone (Italian), Sina (Arabic and Iranian), Síomón (Irish), Sonnie (English), Sonny (English), Szymon (Polish), Seanán (Irish), Simeon (German and Slavic), and Stiana (Irish). KEY: Pronunciation for Sam: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" Details of famous persons named Sam:
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