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Sam (3)

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Gender Masculine
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Pronounced Pron. SAM(English)
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Meaning & History

The name of a hobbit in J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings (1954). His full given name was Samwise meaning "half wise" in Old English (the language used by Tolkien to represent the old hobbit speech).

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Last ranked #97 in 2010 Australia (NSW)
Last ranked #96 in 2019 (m) #95 in 2010 (f) Belgium
Last ranked #249 in 2019 England and Wales
Last ranked #279 in 2019 France
Last ranked #44 in 2019 Ireland
Last ranked #12 in 2020 (m) #149 in 2020 (f) Netherlands
Last ranked #82 in 2013 New Zealand
Last ranked #100 in 2018 Northern Ireland
Last ranked #94 in 2019 Scotland
Last ranked #27 in 2019 Sweden
Last ranked #614 in 2019 United States

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short forms, Tolkien characters
Entry updated November 16, 2019 ·
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