Given name & surname
Sampath
“a wealthy man”
Sampath is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “a wealthy man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a wealthy man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sampath through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 474 as a first name in 2020; 1,073 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sampath’s family of names
Sampath has a related form in Sampat. Sampath has a related form in Sampathe. In Greek usage, Sampath as a surname is a transliteration of Σαμπάθ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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