Name: Samson
Gender: Male
Usage: Samson, of biblical origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Samson are in general originating from Armenia, France, Iceland, Israel, Romania, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Samson is: Sun, Sun child.
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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Samson is ranked on the 2,061st position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 199000 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.003% of the population. The name Samson has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Samson for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Samson is 28 July.
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History and Origin
Samson can be either a masculine given name or a surname. It may refer to:
Given name:
- Samson, the man of extraordinary strength in the Book of Judges in the Bible
- Samson of Dol (c. 485-c. 565), British saint
- Samson of Brechin (fl. 1150-1165), first known Bishop of Brechin, Scotland
- Samson of Tottington (1135-1211), English Benedictine monk and Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds
- Samson (bishop) (died 1112), chaplain to William the Conqueror, later Bishop of Worcester
- Samson Abramsky (born 1953), British computer scientist
- Samson Kandie (born 1971), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Samson Kitur (1966–2003), Kenyan middle-distance runner
Surname:
- Charles Rumney Samson (1883-1931), British air commodore and naval aviation pioneer
- Craig Samson (born 1984), Scottish footballer
- David Samson (rabbi) (born 1956), Orthodox rabbi
- Edmé Samson (1810-1891), French possible forger of porcelain and pottery
- Jerome Samson (born 1987), Canadian National Hockey League player for the Carolina Hurricanes
- Michel Samson, Canadian politician
- Paul Samson (1953-2002), British heavy metal guitarist
- Polly Samson (born 1962), British novelist, songwriter and journalist
- Stéphane Samson (born 1975), French footballer
Patronymic:
- Sanju Samson (born 1994), Indian cricketer
English form of a biblical name (Hebrew Shimshon, probably derived from shemesh sun) borne by a Jewish champion and judge famous for his prodigious strength. He was betrayed by his mistress, Delilah, and enslaved and blinded by the Philistines; nevertheless, he was able to bring the pillars of the temple of the Philistines crashing down in a final suicidal act of strength (Judges 13–16). This famous story provided the theme for Milton's poetic drama Samson Agonistes (1671), which is modelled on ancient Greek tragedy. In the Middle Ages the popularity of the given name was increased in Celtic areas by the fame of a 6th-century Celtic saint who bore it, probably as a classicized form of some Old Celtic name. He was a Welsh monk who did missionary work in Cornwall and afterwards established a monastery at Dol in Brittany.
Variant: Sampson (usually a transferred use of the surname).
Cognate: Italian: Sansone.
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