Sām /sɑːm/ (سام), also transliterated Saam, is a mythical hero of ancient Persia, and an important character in the Shahnameh epic. He was the son of Nariman, grandson of Garshasp and father to Zāl. ... The name Sām is equivalent to the Avestan name 'Saama', which means dark and Sanskrit 'Shyaama' which means the same.
Samuel (Sometimes spelled Samual) is a male given name and a surname of Hebrew origin meaning either "name of God" or "God has heard" (×©× ×”××œ×•×”×™× Shem Alohim) (שמע ××œ×•×”×™× Sh'ma Alohim). Samuel was the last of the ruling judges in the Old Testament.
Samuel (Sometimes spelled Samual) is a male given name and a surname of Hebrew origin meaning either "name of God" or "God has heard" (×©× ×”××œ×•×”×™× Shem Alohim) (שמע ××œ×•×”×™× Sh'ma Alohim). Samuel was the last of the ruling judges in the Old Testament.
English (southern): patronymic either from the personal name Simon (see Simon) or, as Reaney and Wilson suggest, from the medieval personal name Simund (composed of Old Norse sig 'victory' + mundr 'protection'), which after the Norman Conquest was taken as an equivalent Simon, with the result that the two names became ...
Simone is a female/male given name derived from Simon, Hebrew Simeon, meaning "one who hears". It first appeared in Iberia from the 10th century, as Jimena, Ximena. Simone itself is the French spelling; it is sometimes spelled Simonne.