Given name & surname

Sansone

“having great strength”

Sansone is used as a given name and a surname. One Italian interpretation is “having great strength.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Italian interpretation is “having great strength.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.

How it developed

In Italian use, Sansone is used as a form of Samson.

The story

Sansone is a form of Samson. The history of Samson gives this family its wider story. In biblical stories, Samson is associated with a man with extraordinary strength.

Explained through its name family

Sansone’s family of names

Sansone shares a linguistic root with Samson. In Italian usage, Sansone has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Σαμψών. Sansone has a related form in Samson.

Walk Sansone’s family in the name graph

SansoneSamsonSansonneשמשוןΣαμψών

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Sansone has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.

Italian

2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Sansone, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Isang

“my God is bountiful”

No U.S. birth series

88% boys · 12% girls

Hebrew · Biblical

Sadoc

“righteous” · “just”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Sabaoth

“collectives”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Biblical

Sulë

Sulë is a masculine given name. It is used in Albanian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Biblical

simōn

“snub-nosed”

No U.S. birth series

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Biblical

Asife

“one who gathers or collects”

No U.S. birth series

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Biblical

Samuello

“God has heard” · “asked of God”

No U.S. birth series

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Biblical

Sammea

“God has heard” · “asked of God”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Sansone’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Sansone

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