Samsam
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Samsam by the numbers
Samsam was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Samsam
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Samsam. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Samialofty; elevated117 in the US (2017)
- Samarevening conversation or gathering18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Samiahelevated; lofty; sublime52 in the US (2017)
- Samyaelevated or lofty in rank50 in the US (2017)
- Samyahlofty; exalted; feminine form of Samiy20 in the US (2017)
- Salampeace or greetings14 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Samsam
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