Baby name
REVIVING
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Sammy
/SAM · ee/
Meaning
“God has heard”
English diminutive of Samuel, from Hebrew Shmu'el, meaning God has heard; the double-m and -y ending give it an irresistibly warm and friendly energy that works across genders.
Nicknames
sam
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Feels warm and enduring; affectionate short forms like this age better than expected.
The cultural moment.
Consistently used as both nickname and given name in the US and UK throughout the 20th century; seeing mild revival in the UK from the 2010s.