Baby name
RISING
🇦🇷 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 Sam
/sam/
Meaning
“God has heard”
Short form of Samuel or Samantha, from Hebrew 'Shemu'el' meaning God has heard.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
playful
How it ages.
Sam as standalone given name has grown with nickname-as-name trend, now in moderate usage.
The cultural moment.
North America shows Sam gaining traction as formal first name starting 2000, increasingly used as unisex choice, now in consistent top-50 usage.