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samantha is a rare name not very many people have the name samntha 153 people in the U.S have that name |
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i am one of the 153 peope i have cuz with the name and my bestfriend! |
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samantha is a rare name not very many people have the name samntha 153 people in the U.S have that name i am one of the 153 peope i have cuz with the name and my bestfriend!
| Gender | Female |
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| Origin | |
| Word/name | Modern English |
| Meaning | possibly "Listener" |
| Region of origin | England |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Sam, Sammi, Sammie, or Sammy |
| Popularity | see popular names |
Samantha is also a popular female given name. It might have been intended to be a female form of Samuel with the addition of the female name Anthea.[1] Same is a Hebrew name, and means "heard of" in Aramaic or Hebrew. Samuel means "Heard of" 'same' + the name for God, 'El'. It comes from the story of a barren woman asking God for a son.
Samantha, often shortened to Sam, Sami, Sammi, Sammie, Sammeh, or Sammy, is a relatively new name arising in the latter part of the 18th century. It has been a consistently popular name in English-speaking countries in the 20th and 21st centuries. It was ranked as the 12th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007 and had been among the top 10 most popular names for girls there between 1988 and 2006. It has been ranked among the top 100 names for American girls since 1976 and among the top 200 names for American girls since 1965. It debuted among the top 1,000 names for American girls in 474th place in 1964. It had ranked among the top 1,000 names for girls in the United States between 1880, the earliest year for which records are available, and 1902. [2] Its popularity in the United States is generally attributed to the popularity of the character Samantha Stephens, the lead character on the television series Bewitched.
Miscellaneous
- Samantha Parkington, a popular American Girl Doll
- Samantha: An American Girl Holiday, TV movie based on the doll and book series
- Samantha, a 2007 single by Japanese singer Kaela Kimura
- Samantha, a song by the disco group Village People
References
- ^ "SAMANTHA". Mike Campbell. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- ^ Social Security Administration
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