Meaning and origin of Samantha

Origin: Aramaic

Meaning: Listener.


Origin: Hebrew

Meaning: Listen; name of God.
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Meaning and origin of Samantha

The girl's name Samantha \s(a)-man-tha, sam(a)-ntha\ is pronounced sa-MAN-thah. It is of English origin. Feminine form of Samuel (Hebrew) "God heard". Also contains the Greek -antha which means "flower". Occasionally used in the 17th-19th centuries. Samantha became popular in the 1960s due to the TV show "Bewitched". Actress Samantha Eggar.

Samantha has 12 variant forms: Sam, Samey, Sami, Samentha, Sammantha, Sammee, Sammey, Sammie, Semantha, Semanntha, Simantha and Symantha.

For more information, see also related names Amantha and Samuela.

Baby names that sound like Samantha are Simonetta and Simonette.

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Origin and meaning of Samantha

Samantha
Hebrew
Female
Listener
Meaning & Origin
Samantha is a Hebrew girl name.
The meaning of the name is `listens well, Told by God`.
Where is it used?
The name Samantha is mainly used in English.
How do they say it elsewhere?
Samanta (In Italian)
For opposite sex use:
In English, French and in the bible: Samuel (M)
See also
In Welsh: Sawyl
In Russian: Samuil
In Russian: Samoyla
In Jewish: Shmuel
In Italian: Samuele
In Hungarian: Sámuel
In Hungarian: Samu
In Hungarian: Sami
In Finnish: Samuli
In English: Sam
Statistics
The name Samantha was given to 13733 babies in the USA in 2004. Samantha was the number 35 name that year. In 2005, the name was given to 13580 babies making it the number 9 name that year.
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