Seymour (first name)
Seymour (pronounced Sih-mor) is an English male given name.
meaning
Seymour means "Saint-Maur". Saint-Maur-des-Fossés is a commune in the center of the Île-de-France region . The name Seymour means something like "The one from 'Saint-Maur'". Many Norman conquerors who invaded England in 1066 named themselves after their ancient homeland, which they left behind in France. The English pronunciation of these names led to the creation of family names in the English-speaking world such as Seymour or Sinclair, which was derived from the municipality of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte .
Variations
Seamore , Seamor , Seamour , Seymore .
Name bearer
First name
- Seymour Barab (1921–2014), American musician and composer
- Seymour Cassel (1935-2019), American actor
- Seymour Chwast (born 1931), American graphic designer
- Seymour Cray (1925–1996), American computer scientist
- Seymour Hersh (* 1937), American investigative journalist
- Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014), American actor
- Seymour Lipton (1903-1986), American sculptor
- Seymour London (1915-2010), American physician and inventor
- Seymour Magoon (unknown); American mobster from Murder, Inc.
- Seymour Nebenzahl (1897–1961), American film producer
- Seymour Papert (1928-2016), South African mathematician
- Seymour Rexite (1908–2002), Polish-American actor and singer of Yiddish theater, film and radio
- Seymour Rossel (* 1945), American author
- Seymour Stein (* 1942), American music producer
- Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900), British composer
- Hugh Seymour Walpole (1884-1941), British writer
- Seymour Wright (* around 1975), British improvisation musician
Female first name
- Jane Seymour Fonda (born 1937), American actress
- Sonia Seymour Mikich (* 1951), German journalist, television presenter and editor-in-chief of WDR
Fictional character
- Seymour Skinner , school principal in the animated series The Simpsons