Sampson name meaning
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What does Sampson mean?
Sampson's meaning is Sun Child or Bright Sun is originated from Hebrew and English is a baby boy name is used mainly in English. Sampson is a variant of perennial and well-known Samson.
Samson is Greek and Latin form of The Hebrew Name שִׁמְשׁוֹן. Meaning of Samson is Sun Child Little Sun and Strong As the Sun has its origin in Hebrew.
How do I pronounce Sampson?
The proper pronunciation of two syllabled Sampson is s(a)-mp-son. There are multiple ways to say the baby name, i.e., sam-pson.
Variants of Sampson
Sampsun, Samson, Shimshon, Simson
Middle Names for Sampson
Vard, Clen, Hyman, Aker, Jery, view more middle names that goes with Sampson
How popular is the name Sampson?
Sampson is a familiar baby name in United States, it has been in use since 1880 and was able to reach the top 500 names. In 1898, it achieved its highest ever ranking of 409 on boy names chart when 60 babies were given the name Sampson.
Over 3607 people have been named Sampson in United States. Sampson is an uncommon baby name in England and Wales where it has been in use since 1996 and achieved its top ranking of 1903 in 2016.
Over 105 babies in England and Wales have been named Sampson.
But Sampson is a popular baby name in Nigeria where every 1 in 8000 have the name as well as in, Ghana and Liberia.
According to our evaluation, over 50000 babies have been named Sampson globally.
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3166 | 38 |
| 2022 | 2988 | 41 |
| 2021 | 2843 | 43 |
| 2020 | 2336 | 57 |
| 2019 | 2933 | 41 |
| 2018 | 2542 | 50 |
| 2017 | 2184 | 61 |
| 2016 | 2473 | 51 |
| 2015 | 2297 | 57 |
| 2014 | 2804 | 42 |
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Numerological aspects of Sampson
You don't need people to tell you that you are awesome and special because you already know. You are always open to experience something new. Positive energy adores your spirit. You have a sharp focus and nothing slips your eye. You take things too personally and it's affecting your mental health in a negative way. Unrestricted lifestyle is your mark. Stress hates your guts. People often mistake you for a fool but you always find an indirect way to prove them wrong.
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Famous people named Sampson
- Sampson Salter Blowers, noted North American lawyer, Loyalist and jurist
- Sampson Sammons, American officer in the American Revolutionary War
- Sampson, Shire horse gelding foaled in 1846
- Sampson Nanton, award-winning journalist and television news presenter
- Sampson Kempthorne, English architect
- Sampson Lloyd, English iron manufacturer and banker
- Sampson the Hospitable, citizen of Constantinople
- Sampson Sievers, Russian Orthodox Christian elder, hieromonk, priest
- Sampson Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley, son of another Sampson Gideon, a Jewish banker
- Sampson Low, bookseller and publisher in London
- Sampson Gamgee, surgeon at the Queen's Hospital in Birmingham
- Sampson Willis Harris, American politician and lawyer
- Sampson Avard, editor1-first=Dean C. | editor1-link=Dean C. Jessee | editor2-last=Ashurst-McGee | editor2-first=Mark | editor2-link=Mark Ashurst-McGee | editor3-last=Jensen | editor3-first=Richard L. | editor3-link=Richard L. Jensen | title=Journals
- Sampson Gideon, Jewish-British banker in the City of London
- Sampson H. Butler, U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- Sampson Anderson played significant role of Echo in 2017 sci-fi movie Cozpar: All for One.
Lists having Sampson
- Boy names beginning with S
- American Boy Names
- English Boy Names
- Hebrew Boy Names
- Baby Names that mean Sun
- Baby Names that mean Child
- Baby Names that mean Bright
Sources
- Social Security Administration, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html
- Office for National Statistics, https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths