Seymour
English
"marshy land near the sea"
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Updated Tue Jul 01 2025
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.
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# 885 in the US
Seymour Rank in US Top 1000
# 1348 on Nameberry
Seymour Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
Popularity of the name Seymour
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Famous People Named Seymour
- Seymour "Sy" Abraham Liebergotretired NASA flight controller
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- Seymour CasselAmerican actor
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- Jane Seymour FondaAmerican actress
- Philip Seymour HoffmanAmerican actor
The name Seymour in Pop Culture
- Seymour Birkhoffcharacter on TV's "Nikita"
- Seymour M. TapiroSand Merchant and Babyboy
- Seymour Krelbornmain character in "Little Shop of Horrors"
- "Seymour Stein" song by Belle and Sebastian
- Seymour Guadocharacter in video game "Final Fantasy X"
- Principal Seymour Skinnercharacter on TV's "The Simpsons"
- Seymour Glasscharacter in J.D. Salinger's fiction
- Seymourcharacter in the movie "Ghost World"
- Seymourleopard head in "Percy Jackson and the Olympians"