Given name & surname
Sanson
“great-grandson (in a male lineage)”
Sanson is a surname, possibly from Hokkien (ultimately Mandarin). It is used in French, Tagalog, Cebuano, and Old French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sanson possibly goes back to Hokkien 曾孫 (chan-sun), meaning “great-grandson (in a male lineage).”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Sanson is a variant of Samson. An origin associated with Samson is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Possibly from Hokkien 曾孫 (chan-sun, “great-grandson (in a male lineage)”), from Spanish Sanson, from Spanish Samson, from Hokkien 三孫 (sam-sun), from Mandarin 三 (sān).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2020. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Sanson is a variant of Samson. The history of Samson gives this family its wider story. In biblical stories, Samson is associated with a man with extraordinary strength.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Sanson through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 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 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,055 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.
Sanson’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Sanson as a surname shares a linguistic root with SINGSON. Sanson has a related form in Samson. In Greek usage, Sanson as a surname is a transliteration of Σανσόν.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sanson has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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