Name Sam

There are multiple origins and translations for the name Sam:

1. Shortened form of the Biblical name Samuel/Samson and interpretation is - "God (El) has heard".

2. Abbreviation of names names starting with the Sam.

3. Persian name (سام) and name-forming semantics - "very dark; sublime, virulent, pestilent; high-ranking royal position". The name is equivalent to the Avestan name Saama, which denotation - "dark, black" and Sanskrit (श्याम) [zyaama] means the same - "black".

Sam - Persian a mythical folk hero and an important character in the Shahnameh epic. He was the son of Nariman, grandson of Garshasp and father to Zāl. He was Iran's champion during the rule of Fereydun, Manuchehr and Nowzar. He was appointed by Manuchehr to rule Zabulistan (Sistan), and then Mazandaran. After Manuchehr, because of Nowzar's corrupted and failed ruler-ship, Iranian champions asked Sām to rule Iran. Sām didn't accept, he supported Nowzar and advised him to follow Fereydun and Manuchehr. He was the supposed founder of the well known philosophy Sāmifarianism. Sām returned to Mazandaran, and died soon after that. Afrasiab then attacked Zabulistan.

4. Sanskrit name-giving (साम) in reference to - "similarity, likeness".

5. Arabic (سَامّ) or Hebrew (סַם) means - "toxic, poisonous, venomous, sublime". Or form of Sama - "sky, heaven".

6. Hebrew (סַם) in a figurative sense - "drug, medicine, narcotic, toxin".

7. Russian сам name-forming clarification - "himself".

8. Korean (샘) name semantics - "fountain, spring; well, water".

May also refer to Sam (feminine name).

Uncle Sam (initials U.S.) is a common national personification of the American government that according to legend came into use during the War of 1812 and was supposedly named for Samuel Wilson.