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

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

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)