Seymour

English
"marshy land near the sea"

Seymour Origin and Meaning

The name Seymour is a boy's name of English origin meaning "marshy land near the sea".

Out playing shuffleboard at his condo and not expected back for several generations -- unless it morphs into a girls' name, a la Sydney.

# 885 in the US

Seymour Rank in US Top 1000

# 1834 on Nameberry

Seymour Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Seymour Popularity

Famous People Named Seymour

  • Seymour "Sy" Abraham Liebergot
    retired NASA flight controller
  • Seymour Cray
    American electrical engineer
  • Seymour Myron "Sy" Hersh
    American investigative journalist
  • Seymour Cassel
    American actor
  • Seymour Hicks
    British actor
  • Seymour Martin Lipset
    American sociologist
  • Seymour Butts
    Prank Call Character in The Simpsons
  • Jane Seymour Fonda
    American actress
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman
    American actor

Seymour in Pop Culture

  • Seymour Birkhoff
    character on TV's "Nikita"
  • Seymour M. Tapiro
    Sand Merchant and Babyboy
  • Seymour Krelborn
    main character in "Little Shop of Horrors"
  • "Seymour Stein
    " song by Belle and Sebastian
  • Seymour Guado
    character in video game "Final Fantasy X"
  • Principal Seymour Skinner
    character on TV's "The Simpsons"
  • Seymour Glass
    character in J.D. Salinger's fiction
  • Seymour
    character in the movie "Ghost World"
  • Seymour
    leopard head in "Percy Jackson and the Olympians"