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Source-reportedSino-Vietnamese word from 蔘 and 琛.
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- Wiktionary: SâmCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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[səm˧˧] · Vietnamese (Hà Nội)
01 / Meaning & origin
Sâm is a unisex given name documented in Vietnamese. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.
Sino-Vietnamese word from 蔘 and 琛.
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04 / Through time
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Sam— “asked of God”
It is the same word Schama that named the first of the prophets of Israel. “Asked of God” is the import of Samuel, a name so endeared by the beautiful history of the call to the child in the temple, that it could not be quite forgotten. A Samuel, native of Palestine, who perished in the persecution of Maximian, obtained a martyr’s place in the calendar, and his name has been a favourite in the Eastern Church, as Samuil, Samoilo, in Russia; Schombel in Lusatia; Zomelis in…
It is the same word Schama that named the first of the prophets of Israel. “Asked of God” is the import of Samuel, a name so endeared by the beautiful history of the call to the child in the temple, that it could not be quite forgotten. A Samuel, native of Palestine, who perished in the persecution of Maximian, obtained a martyr’s place in the calendar, and his name has been a favourite in the Eastern Church, as Samuil, Samoilo, in Russia; Schombel in Lusatia; Zomelis in Lithuania. The reading of the Holy Scriptures was, however, no doubt, the cause of its use here and in Switzerland, since we scarcely find it before the Reformation, though now Samuel is common in Switzerland, and Sam here.[8]
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part I, Chapter II (Patriarchal Names), Section IV (Simeon) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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