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Boy · Hebrew, through English
Sammy
Say it: SAM-ee
Meaning
A pet form of Samuel, from Hebrew Shemu'el, usually read as 'name of God' or 'God has heard'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used as a full name in the US throughout the 20th century.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1940s
In the United States
- 44,478 babies given this name since 1896
- At its height in 1946, about 1 in 1,400 boys
- 114 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Sammie
Famous bearers
- Sammy Davis Jr., American entertainer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.