Samwise
Boy · SAM-wyze · Old English
Samwise is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “half-wise, simple”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Samwise mean?
Old English: coined by J. R. R. Tolkien from Old English samwis
“half-wise, simple”
Samwise Gamgee is Frodo's loyal companion in The Lord of the Rings; Tolkien built the name from Old English.
- Say it
- SAM-wyze
Is Samwise a girl's or a boy's name?
Samwise is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samwise in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Samwise, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Samwise in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Samwise in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
Nicknames for Samwise
- Sam 161 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Samwise
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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