SEYMOUR as a first name

[phenolphthalein]

Interested in SEYMOUR as a first name.

A family of interest has many generations and branches with the first name SEYNOUR.  Sometimes this appears as Saymore Seamore etc also Salmon and Simon.

Is this common?  Might this indicate a connection to the Seymour family either as nobility or servants to that family?

Might it indicate Jewishness?

Thank you for assistance
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[BumbleB]

Mr Google came up with this, when I asked about "Seymour as a first name".

Seymour is a boy's name of Latin origin that means "Saint-Maur." Saint-Maur is a placename from northern France and led to Seymour being used as a surname. When Norman aristocrats landed in and conquered England in the early 11th century, they were often known by the names of the places they left in France.16 May 2023

[KGarrad]

There is a list on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_(given_name)

[DianaCanada]

Please someone correct me if I am wrong, but Jewish immigrants to English speaking countries often chose first names that were British in origin but had a similar spelling or sound to a traditional Hebrew name.  So Seymour might be used instead of Shlomo or Shmuel, or Morton for Mordecai.  Am sure there is some written material on this somewhere. 

[jimbo50]

I knew a Seymour, he was of of Scottish origins.

[brigidmac]

So there are several possibilities of origin

Could it also indicate a birth father at top of your line .

It was common for single mothers to use the birth fathers first name and or surname

My grandmother had her father's surname as a middle name .

The Seymour I knew was Australian

[mckha489]

The Seymour I knew was Australian

 

Those Australians

[Old Bristolian]

There was a 19th century fad for using noble families names as boys' Christian names - Percy, Howard, Stanley etc. i suspect that's where Seymour originated as a first name.

Steve