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Name Origin

Seymour is a masculine given name of French origin. It is derived from the Norman surname 'Seimur,' which itself stems from the Old French words 'saint' meaning 'holy' and 'maire' meaning 'mayor' or 'steward.' Therefore, Seymour traditionally means 'holy steward' or 'holy mayor.'

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Famous People

Seymour Cray (1925-1996)

Computer scientist, engineer

  • Developed the Cray-1 supercomputer, one of the first commercially successful supercomputers
  • Pioneered vector processing and parallel computing techniques