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.

Seymour Rank in US Top 1000

# 885 in the US

Seymour Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 804 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Seymour

• 804 Nameberry 2025

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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

The name 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"