Sam
[sæm]Meaning
short form of Samuel, Samson, Samantha and other names beginning with Sam
Background Story
Sam is a short form of Samuel, Samson, Samantha and other names beginning with Sam, and in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings it is a short form of Samwise. In Persian it means "fire", from an earlier Iranian root meaning "black", and is the name of a hero in the 10th-century epic the Shahnameh. The Dutch form comes from Samuel, while the Sundanese form comes from Malay Syam, from Arabic shām.
Temperament
Related Names
Ari
Hebrew "lion", Old Norse "eagle" and Armenian "brave".
Samy
Alternate transcription of Arabic سامي (Sami)
Abey
From Abe + -y; Abe is a short form of Abraham, of Hebrew origin
Abie
English diminutive of Abraham, formed from Abe with the -ie suffix
Achan
A term used in some cultures meaning 'blessing' or 'gift'
Aji
Recorded as a given name in Indonesian (masculine) and Gallo (feminine)
Aky
Ami
Hebrew "trustworthy, reliable"; a variant of Amy; or from Japanese 亜 "second, Asia" and 美 "beautiful".
Arie
Dutch short form of Adrianus; Hebrew transliteration of a word meaning lion.