Sammy

Where Sammy comes from

From Sam + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Sammy
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1896
    First appearance
    #1,101 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1946
    Peak, #170
    1,193 babies named Sammy — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #310.
  4. 1985
    Sammy Bossut born
    Belgian association football player
  5. 1992
    Sammy Ameobi born
    English-Nigerian footballer
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Samuel.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.
Namesakes
  • Sammy Bossut · Belgian association football player, born 1985
  • Sammy Ameobi · English-Nigerian footballer, born 1992
  • Sammy Lee · English association football player, born 1959
  • Sammy McIlroy · Northern Irish association football manager and former player, born 1954
  • Sammy Ndjock · Cameroonian footballer, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.