Sam vs Sammy

Sam

name
  • A diminutive of the female given name Samantha. 

  • A town in Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso. 

  • A Trans-New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea. 

  • A town in the Bourzanga department, Bam, Burkina Faso. 

  • A diminutive of the male given name Samuel, or rarely of Samson. Also used as a formal given name. 

  • A village in the Kongoussi department, Bam, Burkina Faso. 

  • A surname from Cantonese, a romanization of 岑 (cén) or 沈 (shěn). 

  • A surname from Khmer 

  • A town in the Alibori department, Benin. 

noun
  • The Sam Maguire Cup awarded to the All-Ireland GAA football winning team. 

Sammy

name
  • A diminutive of the female given name Samantha. 

  • A diminutive of the male given name Samuel. 

noun
  • Synonym of Samoyed (breed of dog) 

How often have the words Sam and Sammy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )