Sampson

Where Sampson comes from

A variant of Samson.
— Wiktionary's entry for Sampson
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 450
    Sampson the Hospitable born
    Byzantine saint
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1898
    Peak, #409
    23 babies named Sampson — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #683.
  5. 2001
    Sampson Dweh born
    Liberian footballer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Namesakes
  • Sampson the Hospitable · Byzantine saint, 450–530
  • Sampson Kwaku Boafo · Ghanian attorney and politician, acting minister for Culture and Chiefs' Affairs
  • Sampson Dweh · Liberian footballer, born 2001
  • Sampson Gideon · British banker, 1699–1762
  • Sampson Willis Harris · American politician and lawyer, 1809–1857

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.