Forename Sam

Worldwide, Sam (Sam , سام , สาม , along with others...) is a widespread dominantly boy's, but seldom female first name. The first name Sam is characteristic of Macao, where it is a common largely masculine, but infrequently girly name, Hong Kong, where it is a common primarily masculine, but very infrequently feminine name, and Australia, where it is a common unisex name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in the United States, Algeria, and India. Also, Sam is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Sam is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Sam

name Sum, name Sàm, name Săḿ, name Sấm, name Sámuel, name สาม, name סם, name Sâm, name Shěn, name Samain, name Çãm, name Samuel, name サム, name Çam, name Çâm, name Sim, name Sǻm, name Chisam, name Sầm, name Safn, name سام, name Thẩm, name Sammy, name Sām, name Sím, name Çảm, name Śàm, name Sam, name Sậm, name แซม, name Sẵm, name Sheem, name Сем, name Soum, name Sám, name Samnen, name Shum, name Sẩm, name Sặm, name Samen, name Sẫm, name ซัม, name Сэм, name Sảm, name Samantha, name Săm, name Sẳm, name 샘, name Sąm, name Some, name Çàm, name Śam, name Sạm, name Samnian, name Shen, name Sãm, name Shim, name Sằm, name Tham, name 萨姆, name 山姆, name Samsi

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Sam	Algeria, Kenya, United States, Ghana, Nigeria
سام	Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan
ซัม, แซม, สาม	Thailand
サム	Japan
샘	South Korea
萨姆, 山姆	China
סם	Israel
Сэм, Сем	Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia

First names said to be same

Chisam, Safn, Samain, Samantha, Samen, Sammy, Samnen, Samnian, Samsi, Samuel, Sheem, Shen, Shim, Shum, Shěn, Sim, Some, Soum, Sum, Sàm, Sám, Sámuel, Sâm, Sãm, Sím, Sām, Săm, Săḿ, Sąm, Sǻm, Sạm, Sảm, Sấm, Sầm, Sẩm, Sẫm, Sậm, Sằm, Sẳm, Sẵm, Sặm, Tham, Thẩm, Çam, Çàm, Çâm, Çãm, Çảm, Śam, Śàm,

First name Sam in the context

Sam is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Samuel , the biblical figure, Acts of the Apostles; Samus Aran , the video game character, Super Smash Bros. Brawl; Sam Winchester , the character from the television series Supernatural; Yosemite Sam , the Warner Bros. cartoon character, Looney Tunes and Sam , the fictional character from video game Death Stranding, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	sam syunik (b. 400)
	sam guntuni (b. 400)
	engel sam Dutch painter, NL (b. 1699)
	sam morgan 16 Dec 1705 - 29 Dec 1769 (b. 1705)
	sam mcdonald British soldier, GB (b. 1762)
	dutch sam British boxer, GB (b. 1775)
	sam hand (born 1734) (b. 1734)
	sam chifney, jr. English jockey (b. 1786)
	sam barlow Builder of the Barlow Road, owner, and operator of a segment of the Oregon Trail; Justice of the Peace, US (b. 1792)
	sam arnull British jockey (b. 1760)
	sam jones United States Army officer (1819-1887), US (b. 1819)
	sam cowell Music hall entertainer (b. 1820)
	sam browne British general, recipient of the Victoria Cross, IN (b. 1824)
	sam nichols 4th Secretary of State of Washington, US (b. 1829)
	sam barnard (b. 1776)