Sam

Meaning	God has heard
Origin	Hebrew
Gender	gender neutral
Opposite gender	Sam
Popularity	Moderate
Length	3
Syllables	1
Syllabification	Sam

About Sam

Refreshingly straightforward, Sam delivers powerful simplicity in an era of increasingly elaborate names. This concise classic projects confidence and approachability in equal measure, creating an immediate connection without pretense or complication.

The name's versatility becomes apparent across contexts—equally at home in corporate boardrooms, creative studios, athletic fields, or academic settings.

Sam's gender-flexible nature offers your daughter freedom from rigid expectations, allowing her personality rather than her name to define her.

The brevity functions as a statement of understated confidence, communicating substance over show.

Throughout life stages, Sam maintains consistent relevance, neither feeling inappropriately childish in adulthood nor too serious for childhood joy.

The name's established familiarity means it will be consistently spelled and pronounced correctly, sparing your daughter the perpetual corrections many unique names require, while its relative uncommonness for girls still provides distinction.