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• Sammy
  Sammy

  noun

  a male given name, form of Samuel.
• sammy
  sammy

  noun

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

Sammy

American  

[sam-ee] / ˈsæm i /

Or Sammie

noun

Sammies plural

1. a male given name, form of Samuel.

2. a female given name, form of Samantha.

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sammy British  

/ ˈsæmɪ /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Sammies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sammy

C20: from the forename Sammy

Example Sentences

But there was also listening to the rock station; I heard Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tom Petty; I heard AC/DC, Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, all this music that moved me.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

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

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

“I'm going to sleep by the fire where it’s warm,” Sammy said.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt