Boy · Hebrew
Sampson
Say it: SAM-sun
Meaning
From Hebrew Shimshon, from shemesh 'sun'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used in medieval England and Brittany, partly through the Welsh-born Saint Samson of Dol.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1890s
In the United States
- 3,707 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1898, about 1 in 5,300 boys
- 56 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Samson
| Hebrew | Shimshon |
|---|---|
| French | Samson |
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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