Given name · Hebrew
שמשון
“sun”
שמשון (shimshón) is a masculine given name. It is used in Hebrew.
HebrewWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Shimshon.
Meaning & origin
What it means
שמשון probably goes back to a word meaning “sun.”
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Where it comes from
שמשון is Shimshon written in the Hebrew alphabet. Shimshon comes from Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
שמשון’s family of names
In Hebrew usage, שמשון has a transliteration in SHIMSHON. In Hebrew usage, שמשון has a transliteration in alfabe çevirisi gerekiyor.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named שמשון
- Shimshon AmitsurIsraeli mathematician (1921–1994)
- Samson WertheimerEuropean rabbi (1658-1724)
- Shimshon UnichmanIsraeli politician (1907-1961)
- Samson ben Pesah OstropoliPolish rabbi1600–1648
- Samson ben Abraham of SensFrench Jewish rabbi (c. 1150 – c. 1230)
- Shimshon BrokmanIsraeli sailorborn 1957
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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