Thoughts on using just "Sam"

mben

i dont like Samuel or Samson, but love Sam.  Is it terrible to just use Sam?

sunnyday016

It's not terrible, but I prefer giving a name that would give a person options. Maybe your child won't want to go by a nn their whole life. I personally love the name Samuel.

~Flossie~

I like it.

elizjane26

I think it's fine to just use Sam.

plunderb

sunnyday016:

It's not terrible, but I prefer giving a name that would give a person options. Maybe your child won't want to go by a nn their whole life. I personally love the name Samuel.

I agree.

sunnyday016

bethy84:

sunnyday016:

It's not terrible, but I prefer giving a name that would give a person options. Maybe your child won't want to go by a nn their whole life. I personally love the name Samuel.

This.  I have a brother named Samuel but he's always been Sam to everyone.  That or Sammy to me (he hates it!).    Oh, and Shamu when he was a wee one because he was a chunker!

LOL @ Shamu :P 

momo21

Not terrible at all.  My son is "just Alex."

lovemytwoboys

I'm not a fan of any of the Samuel/Sam/Samson names. However, Sam is my favorite of them by far. I don't think there is anything wrong with "just Sam". In fact, I know a couple who planned to do the same if they had a boy (though they ended up with two girls).

CrazyToast

I don't know why you need to give a kid "options" in a name.  If you like Sam - just use Sam.  I works for a child or an adult.

clairej

Normally I feel like you should use the full name in case they want to use it as an adult, but in this case I think it's OK because Sam works fine on an adult man. It's when people use names like Charlie or Maggie instead of Charles or Margaret that it bugs me because those nicknames sound very childish to me.

theycallmejen

Sam is #1 on my list!  So that tells you what I think about it