Given name
Shammai
“desolate”
Shammai is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewשמי
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Shammai means “desolate.”
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Where it comes from
Shammai is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb shamem (שמם), “to be desolate or appalled.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Shammai appears in 1 Chronicles 2:28.
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Shammai’s family of names
See also 10
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Samuelshares a root
- Shemshares a root
- Shammahshares a root
- Shammashares a root
- Shemidashares a root
- Shemamahshares a root
- Shammothshares a root
- Jeshimonshares a root
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