Given name & surname
Seymore
“moor”·“from the French town of Saint Maur”
Seymore is a variant of Seymour. Interpretations include “moor” and “from the French town of Saint Maur” (French). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Seymore is a variant of Seymour. Interpretations include “moor” and “from the French town of Saint Maur” (French). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Seymore is a variant of Seymour. An origin associated with Seymour is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Seymore is a variant of Seymour. The history of Seymour gives this family its wider story. Seymour’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Seymore through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 259
- 259 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1946. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 134 as a first name in 2020; 4,369 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Seymore’s family of names
Seymore has a related form in Seymour.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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