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 [ 2 syll. sam-my, sa-mmy ] The boy name Sammy is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is SAEMiy KEY. Sammy is used chiefly in the English language, and its origin is English and Hebrew. Sammy is a pet form of the name Samson (English and German) in the English language. Sammy is also a pet form of the name Sampson (English). Sammy is also a pet form of the name Samuel (English, French, and German) in the English language. Sammy is a classic favorite. At present it is still somewhat popular as a baby name for boys, though not to the extent it was before. At the modest peak of its usage in 1946, 0.072% of baby boys were given the name Sammy. It ranked at #170 then. The baby name has since suffered a marked loss in popularity, and is of very light use in recent years. In 2008, its usage was only 0.009% and its ranking #979. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Sammy, Samuel (English, French, and German) was the most popular. In 2008, it was used 63 times more than Sammy. Sammy has in the past century been mostly given to boys. Baby names that sound like Sammy include Sami (Arabic, Hungarian, Iranian, Turkish, and Finnish), Sammie (English), Saami (Arabic), Sahen, Sajan (Indian), Sajjan (Indian), Salman (Arabic, Iranian, and Turkish), Salmon (English), Samein (Arabic), Samman (Arabic), Sammon, Samo (Czech), Samu (Hungarian), Samy (Arabic and French), Sani, Sanya (Russian), Sawney (Scottish), Sawnie (English and Scottish), Saxon (English), and Seann (Irish). A famous person named Sammy is Actor Sammy (Jr) Davis, born 8 December 1925 - 16 May 1990, New York, New York. KEY: Pronunciation for Sammy: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
