Samson Forename
Approximately 801,988 people bear this name
Samson Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew 'like the sun’, rendered in Greek as Σαμπσών, the name of the great champion of the Israelites against the Philistines. Samson was the name of a Welsh bishop (fl. 550) who crossed over to Brittany and founded the abbey of Dol, where he was buried and later venerated as a saint.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 243,357 | 1:730 | 111 |
| Kenya | 100% | 79,701 | 1:581 | 108 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 73,646 | 1:717 | 158 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 40,457 | 1:2,411 | 420 |
| Malawi | 100% | 35,768 | 1:478 | 102 |
| Uganda | 100% | 33,868 | 1:1,209 | 209 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 31,851 | 1:149 | 51 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 31,817 | 1:485 | 65 |
| Zambia | - | 30,782 | 1:515 | 107 |
| South Africa | 100% | 27,261 | 1:2,000 | 326 |
| Philippines | 99% | 23,261 | 1:4,557 | 774 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 22,289 | 1:3,312 | 477 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 17,414 | 1:468 | 45 |
| Sudan | 100% | 9,519 | 1:3,972 | 645 |
| India | 100% | 8,186 | 1:148,409 | 16,517 |
| Mozambique | - | 8,160 | 1:3,339 | 695 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 8,115 | 1:2,663 | 492 |
| Burundi | 100% | 7,241 | 1:1,368 | 438 |
| Ghana | 97% | 6,911 | 1:3,905 | 535 |
| Rwanda | 50% | 6,285 | 1:1,809 | 394 |
| United States | 100% | 5,600 | 1:64,739 | 3,334 |
| Haiti | 100% | 5,205 | 1:2,061 | 324 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 5,141 | 1:50,178 | 6,376 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 4,837 | 1:4,885 | 1,000 |
| Benin | 100% | 4,251 | 1:2,488 | 538 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 2,746 | 1:4,206 | 526 |
| Chad | 100% | 2,410 | 1:5,642 | 870 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 2,383 | 1:66,916 | 5,219 |
| Togo | - | 2,225 | 1:3,254 | 553 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,812 | 1:321 | 61 |
| England | 100% | 1,626 | 1:34,196 | 1,842 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1,528 | 1:1,910 | 361 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1,410 | 1:3,129 | 426 |
| Russia | 99% | 1,283 | 1:112,419 | 2,068 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 1,091 | 1:27,910 | 2,629 |
| Canada | 100% | 900 | 1:36,815 | 2,732 |
| Swaziland | - | 871 | 1:1,493 | 350 |
| Pakistan | 81% | 843 | 1:230,555 | 7,315 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 787 | 1:26,428 | 3,311 |
| Botswana | 100% | 612 | 1:3,569 | 636 |
| Gabon | 100% | 561 | 1:3,357 | 747 |
| Georgia | 100% | 529 | 1:7,067 | 727 |
| Poland | 100% | 471 | 1:80,737 | 1,882 |
| Vanuatu | - | 451 | 1:580 | 133 |
| Hong Kong | - | 432 | 1:17,946 | 2,049 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 410 | 1:56,283 | 4,042 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 350 | 1:88,036 | 9,509 |
| France | 95% | 288 | 1:230,800 | 3,509 |
| Mali | 100% | 276 | 1:61,514 | 3,059 |
| Burkina Faso | 98% | 249 | 1:73,813 | 4,456 |
| China | - | 233 | 1:5,862,900 | 55,950 |
| Lesotho | 99% | 233 | 1:8,755 | 1,276 |
| Australia | - | 223 | 1:61,245 | 2,679 |
| Ukraine | 96% | 203 | 1:224,137 | 1,395 |
| Iraq | 100% | 188 | 1:186,265 | 3,333 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 175 | 1:175,923 | 4,261 |
| Kuwait | - | 171 | 1:22,136 | 2,344 |
| Sweden | 100% | 165 | 1:59,745 | 2,978 |
| Romania | 100% | 147 | 1:136,408 | 5,453 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 145 | 1:49,324 | 4,440 |
| Congo | 99% | 140 | 1:35,780 | 3,009 |
| Germany | 100% | 136 | 1:710,867 | 6,462 |
| Norway | 100% | 125 | 1:41,059 | 1,836 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Israel | 100% | 89 | 1:94,415 | 4,215 |
| New Zealand | - | 89 | 1:50,967 | 2,751 |
| Thailand | 100% | 88 | 1:796,202 | 32,006 |
| Egypt | 100% | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| Brazil | 100% | 80 | 1:2,677,952 | 51,413 |
| Singapore | 80% | 73 | 1:86,124 | 7,225 |
| Ireland | 100% | 72 | 1:64,493 | 1,894 |
| Cambodia | 85% | 72 | 1:226,018 | 6,874 |
| Qatar | 100% | 66 | 1:35,903 | 4,803 |
| Kosovo | - | 64 | 1:29,085 | 2,798 |
| Netherlands | 81% | 61 | 1:277,083 | 8,972 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 56 | 1:3,175 | 576 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 54 | 1:328,645 | 5,893 |
| Spain | 100% | 54 | 1:861,666 | 8,167 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 50 | 1:1,025 | 118 |
| Central African Republic | - | 49 | 1:92,151 | 221 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 49 | 1:144,667 | 358 |
| Belgium | 100% | 47 | 1:244,469 | 5,458 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 44 | 1:186,670 | 4,485 |
| Japan | - | 40 | 1:3,199,651 | 23,520 |
| Moldova | 100% | 37 | 1:96,247 | 1,223 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 37 | 1:642,424 | 31,558 |
| Senegal | 100% | 33 | 1:441,859 | 6,104 |
| Denmark | - | 32 | 1:176,547 | 4,105 |
| Scotland | 100% | 32 | 1:167,199 | 3,173 |
| Guyana | 100% | 29 | 1:26,319 | 2,986 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 28 | 1:48,622 | 4,388 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 27 | 1:9,016 | 763 |
| Belarus | 100% | 24 | 1:395,099 | 2,754 |
| Jamaica | - | 23 | 1:125,358 | 4,894 |
| Austria | 100% | 22 | 1:387,009 | 4,082 |
| Finland | 95% | 20 | 1:274,159 | 4,096 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 20 | 1:2,678 | 383 |
| Argentina | 100% | 18 | 1:2,376,291 | 8,279 |
| Angola | - | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Italy | 81% | 16 | 1:3,816,381 | 20,790 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 16 | 1:376,146 | 7,303 |
| Oman | - | 16 | 1:256,792 | 3,659 |
| Belize | 100% | 15 | 1:23,621 | 2,493 |
| Grenada | 100% | 15 | 1:7,208 | 1,050 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Mexico | 100% | 13 | 1:9,549,571 | 29,766 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 12 | 1:4,094 | 700 |
| Honduras | - | 12 | 1:734,789 | 9,414 |
| Croatia | 100% | 11 | 1:383,371 | 4,897 |
| Estonia | 100% | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Wales | 100% | 11 | 1:281,301 | 4,460 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 10 | 1:964,294 | 14,459 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 9 | 1:96,786 | 2,691 |
| Niger | 100% | 9 | 1:2,131,555 | 25,465 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Syria | - | 9 | 1:2,145,119 | 4,120 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 8 | 1:703,446 | 7,424 |
| Namibia | - | 8 | 1:300,522 | 5,486 |
| Czechia | 100% | 7 | 1:1,522,309 | 4,223 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:15,678 | 1,755 |
| Turkey | 100% | 6 | 1:12,966,952 | 37,072 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 5 | 1:1,398,078 | 12,856 |
| Greece | 100% | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| Guinea | 100% | 5 | 1:2,371,729 | 4,683 |
| Micronesia | - | 5 | 1:21,300 | 626 |
| Nepal | - | 5 | 1:5,697,470 | 55,717 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 5 | 1:22,316 | 2,594 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 5 | 1:95,128 | 1,169 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 67% | 4 | 1:1,493,319 | 26,894 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 4 | 1:522,689 | 9,487 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 3 | 1:106,044 | 2,485 |
| Serbia | 100% | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Iceland | 100% | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2 | 1:15,100,946 | 147,145 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Sámson (3) are calculated separately.
Samson (487,967) may also be a surname.
Samson Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew 'like the sun’, rendered in Greek as Σαμπσών, the name of the great champion of the Israelites against the Philistines. Samson was the name of a Welsh bishop (fl. 550) who crossed over to Brittany and founded the abbey of Dol, where he was buried and later venerated as a saint. It is impossible to say whether he was named after the Biblical Samson, or whether his name was of Celtic origin, but there is no doubt that the prevalence of the name in Brittany and Normandy, whence it was carried to England, was due to his fame. The name was common in England from the end of the 11th C, spelt sometimes Samson or Sampson, sometimes Sanson or Sansum (from French Sanson). An early example is Samson, Bishop of Worcester, brother of Thomas, first Norman Archbishop of York. The surnames Sams, Samms, Samson, Sampson, Sansom, Sansome, Sanson, Sansum testify to its popularity. In the 17th C the name was reinforced by Biblical influence, but it died out after the Restoration.
Sampson Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum 1074-85. Sanson D 1086. Samson Curia Regis Rolls 1196-1215 Hundred Rolls 1273, Feudal Aids 1431. Sampson, Sanson, Saunsum Testa de Neville, or Book of Fees, temp. Hen. III-Edw. I 13th C. Sampson Feudal Aids 1302, 1346. Sansum Hundred Rolls 1273.
Hebrew (masculine) - Sunny.
Sam'-son, his son, his service, here the second time. The son of Manoah, of the tribe of Dan. Judges xiii 24. He was born A. M. 2843, and was a Nazarite from his infancy.
Meaning: little sun (?).
A Hebrew name, meaning: Splendid sun.
Samson Forename Popularity
Samson Demographics
Average Male Samson Height
173.6 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Samson Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samson in the Russian language | ||
| Самсон | samson | - |
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