Save Gender Masculine Usage Vietnamese (Rare, Archaic) Pronounced Pron. /saːm˧˩/, /saːm˧˨/, /saːm˨˩˦/, /ʂaːm˧˨/, /ʂaːm˨˩˦/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Sino-Vietnamese 旵 (sảm) meaning "daylight, sunlight". This was the personal name of the eighth emperor of the Lý dynasty, Lý Hạo Sảm.