Sampson

Gender
Male (Masculine | Boy)
Usage/Origins
Meaning
"Sun" or "Service"
Scripts(How to write)
Σαμψών(Ancient Greek)
שמשון
Popularity
Sampson is not a very popular name in the world. In the United States, it is ranked #1424 in popularity according to the Social Security Administration's records.

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Sampson Name meanings & History

"Sun" or "Service". Greek form of Shimshon (see Samson). Sampson is typically used as a first name for boys.

Zodiac Sign of Sampson: Success Capricorn

Synonyms of Sampson:

S: Success,Social Standing,Solidity,Sex,Status,Sensuality,Security

A: Argumentative,Assertive,Aggressive,Action,Angry,Ambitious

M: Memorabilia,Manipulative,Maternal,Mommy,Mushy,Memory,Mother

P: Pensive,Partnership,Passive,Political,Particular

O: Obstinate,Obsolete,Obsessive,Organized,Ostentatious

N: Nervous,Neurosis,Nice,Nutrition,Neat,Nagging,Nitpicking

Sampson is:

  • a Comedic name
  • a Common name
  • a Nerdy name
  • a Rough name
  • a Wholesome name

Famous People

There have been several famous people with the name Sampson, including Sampson Eardley, an English cricketer, and Sampson Gamgee, a British chemist and inventor.

2.) Sampson (Male)

Usage: Hebrew

Meanings: (Hebrew) a form of Samson.

Other Forms: Sampsan, Sampsen, Sampsin, Sampsun, Sampsyn


3.) SAMPSON (Male)

Usage: Greek

Meanings: Greek cognate of the Hebrew Shimshon, a name derived from shimshon (sun). (SAHMP-SON)


4.) Sampson (Male)

Usage:

Meanings: Sun child, bright sun

Pronunciation: SAM-sən
SAMP-sən


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Description: Sun child, bright sun. From an English surname that was itself derived from a medieval form of the given name Samson. Sampson is a traditional and biblical name that can be used for boys.

Famous People

Sampson was a figure in the Bible, and there have been many notable people throughout history with the name Sampson, including Sampson Simson, a British surgeon who performed one of the first successful removals of an ovarian tumor, and Sampson Gamgee, an English botanist and surgeon who developed a surgical dressing made of cotton wool and gauze, which came to be known as "Gamgee tissue."

Related Names to Sampson

Samson, Sanson, Sam, Sammy, Sonny

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