Name: Sampson

Gender: Male

Usage: Sampson, of hebrew origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.

People having the name Sampson are in general originating from Israel, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Variants: For another variant of the name Sampson across the world, see Samson.

Name Meaning of Sampson

Meaning: The meaning of the name Sampson is: Sun.

Please feel free to read what others say about this name and to share your comments if you have more information.

N.B. Sometimes it happens that another name has the same meaning. There is nothing surprising in this: both names have the same origin or the same numbers of numerology.

Name Compatibility Test

To test the compatibility of the name Sampson with another, enter a name here and click Name Compatibility

You will get a result that shows how much the two names match up.

Numerology Interpretation

Numerology of the first name Sampson: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.

The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.

Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone

Learn more with our free Numerology Tool

Popularity of the Name

The name Sampson is ranked on the 9,202nd position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.

We estimate that there are at least 28200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Sampson has seven 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 Sampson for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:

Name Day Calendar

The name day of Sampson is 28 July.

For other names check our Name Day Calendar

History and Origin

Sampson is the given name of:

People:

  • Sampson the Hospitable (died c. 530), venerated as a saint in the Eastern Churches
  • Sampson Avard (1800–1869), leader of a band of Mormon vigilantes in Missouri
  • Sampson Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley (1744-1824), Jewish-British banker in the City of London, son of Sampson Gideon (see below)
  • Sampson Erdeswicke (died 1603), English antiquarian
  • Sampson Eure (died 1659), English Member of Parliament
  • Sampson Gamgee (1828-1886), British surgeon and indirect namesake of The Lord of the Rings character Sam Gamgee
  • Sampson Gideon (1699-1762), Jewish-British banker in the City of London
  • Sampson Handley (1872–1962), English surgeon
  • Sampson Willis Harris (1809–1857), American politician and lawyer in the South
  • Sampson Hele (1582–1655), English Member of Parliament
  • Sampson Hopkins (died 1622), English merchant and Member of Parliament
  • Sampson Hosking (1888-1974), Australian rules footballer and coach
  • Sampson Kempthorne (1809–1873), English architect
  • Sampson Lennard (died 1615), English Member of Parliament
  • Sampson Lloyd, various members of a family in Birmingham, England; one co-founded a bank which eventually became Lloyd's Bank
  • Sampson Lort, Welsh Member of Parliament in 1659
  • Sampson Low (1797–1886), London bookseller and publisher
  • Sampson Mathews (c. 1737-1807), American soldier, legislator and college founder
  • Sampson Moore (1812-1877), engineer based in Liverpool, England
  • Sampson Mordan (1790–1843), British silversmith and co-inventor of the first patented mechanical pencil
  • Sampson Nanton (born 1977), journalist and television news presenter in Trinidad and Tobago
  • Sampson Sievers (1900-1979), Russian Orthodox Christian priest and mystic
  • Sampson Simson (1780-1857), American philanthropist

Biblical or fictional characters:

  • Samson or Sampson, the man of extraordinary strength in the Book of Judges in the Bible
  • Sampson, a character in the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare

The section "History and Origin" of this page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Sampson (given name)"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.

Comments

We always try to deliver a high-quality service to our customers. If you consider the information on this page is incomplete or incorrect, please post a comment below. Thank you!