Sammy

American

[sam-ee] / ˈsæm i /

Or Sammie

noun

a male given name, form of Samuel.
a female given name, form of Samantha.

sammy British

/ ˈsæmɪ /

noun

informal (in South Africa) an Indian fruit and vegetable vendor who goes from house to house

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

Sammies

plural

Etymology

Origin of sammy

C20: from the forename Sammy

Example Sentences

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Bannister said his father Sammy, a stoker mechanic who was 21-years-old at the time, sustained shrapnel wounds to his chest when HMS Amethyst came under fire.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Pauline Morris found a full net when she was out walking her dogs, Sonny, Saffy and Sammy, at Carmarthenshire's Pembrey Beach on Saturday.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

In the epigraph to one of her chapters, Ms. Footer quotes Sammy Davis Jr.: “Part of show business is magic. You don’t know how it happens.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

That’s true for California, as my former colleague Sammy Roth points out.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

“It wasn’t right for us. Especially not for Sammy and Maybeth.”

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

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