Meaning of name Sammy

The name Sammy has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Sammy is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 810 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Sammy fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 20 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 1000 in the Top 1000 charts. (A ranking of 1000 means that this name ranked 1000 or poorer in the 2008/2009 popularity surveys)

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Sammy in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Sammy is very likely a(n) Hebrew variant of the name Samuel. See other suggested Hebrew boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Samuel.

The following names are baby names related to Sammy and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Sammy: Boys - Adam, Alpheus, Carmine, Danyele, Deror, Eben, Ebenezer, Ezra, Hiram, Israel, Jamin, Jared, Malachi, Meyer, Naftali, Nathan, Nehemiah, Nili, Nimrod, Omarion, Girls - Leva, Rella, Selah, Tamya, Both genders - Dagan, Elsie, Micah

The name Sammy is a variant of Samuel. Other popular variants of the name Samuel are: Samaru (Japanese), Sami (Hungarian), Samko (Czech), Sammie, Sammy, Samo (Czech), Samouel (Greek), Samoyla (Russian), Samu (Hungarian), Samual, Samualle, Samuele (Italian), Samuelis (Lithuanian), Samuelito (Spanish), Samuell, Samuil (Russian), Samuka (Hungarian), Samuli (Finnish), Samvel (Russian), Samy, Sawyl (Welsh), Schmuel (Yiddish), Shem (Yiddish), Shemuel (Yiddish), Shumuel (Hebrew), Somhairle (Irish), Zamiel (German)

We think the name Sammy should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Sammy to be: Intelligent, strong and capable chap

In one word, you might describe Sammy as a(n) "capable" person.

See other "capable" names for boys.