Given name

Sámson

Sámson is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Hungarian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Sámson comes from Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Hebrew שִׁמְשׁוֹן.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sámson’s family of names

In Hungarian usage, Sámson has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Samson.

Walk Sámson’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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