Samwise
[ˈsæmˌwaɪz]Meaning
means "simple, half wise", from Old English sam "half" and wis "wise"
Background Story
Samwise is the name of a hobbit in J. R. R. Tolkien's trilogy The Lord of the Rings (1954). It is an English-like translation of the hobbit's true name Banazîr.
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