Name: Sam

Gender: Unisex (Male and Female)

Usage: Sam, of hebrew origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a unisex (male and female) name.

People having the name Sam are in general originating from Australia, Belgium, France, Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Variants: For another variant of the name Sam across the world, see Samson.

Meaning: The meaning of the name Sam is: God hears.

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Numerology of the first name Sam: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.

The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 6. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: responsible, protective, stable, balanced, loving, compassionate.

Interpretation:
Qualities: Romantic, Nurturing
Ruling planet: Venus
Colors: Blue
Gemstones: Emerald

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The name Sam is ranked on the 75th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.

We estimate that there are at least 5721700 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.079% of the population. The name Sam has three characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.

The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Sam for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:

The name day of Sam is 28 July.

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Sam is the common abbreviation of the given names Samson, Samira, Samuel, Sammy, Samprati, Samantha, Samwise, Samir or Samya

It may also refer to:

  • Sam, Burkina Faso, a commune in Burkina Faso
  • Sam or Saam, a Persian mythological character, father of Zal and grandfather of Rostam in the Shah Nâmeh, his name means: "very dark";
  • Uncle Sam, an emblematic character, symbol of the United States;
  • Sam Gamegie, a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's universe
  • Sam, pen name of the French writer and journalist Samuel-Henri Berthoud (1804-1891);
  • Sam, one of the heroes of Sam and Max;
  • Sam, the title of two comic book series published in Spirou magazine: Sam ou Sam et l'Ours, from the late 1960s to the 1980s, and Sam, from 2010;
  • Sam (TV series), a 1970s American television series
  • Sam (1999 film), a 1999 television film by Yves Boisset
  • episode songs by the French metal band Watcha (one episode on each album);
  • Sam, is the first name given to the driver who does not drink in road safety advertising campaigns in France;
  • Unsinkable Sam, a cat who fought in World War II on three military ships and survived the shipwrecks of all three;
  • Sam, a horseshoe eventing horse, born in 2000;
  • Sam Craske, dancer of the English group Diversity;
  • Sam, a Papuan language

English: 1 (m.) Long-established short form of Samuel or, less frequently, of Samson.
2 (f.) Short form, which has recently become fashionable, of Samantha.
Pet forms (of 1): Sammy. (Of 2): Sammie.

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