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The samson Surname

samson Name Meaning and History

Scottish, English, Welsh, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian (Sámson), and Jewish: from the Biblical name Samson (Hebrew Shimshon, a diminutive of shemesh ‘sun’). Among Christians it was sometimes chosen as a personal name or nickname with reference to the great strength of the Biblical hero (Judges 13–16). In Wales another association was with the 6th-century Welsh bishop Samson, who traveled to Brittany, where he died and was greatly venerated. His name, which is probably an altered form of an unknown Celtic original, was popularized in England by Breton followers of William the Conqueror, and to some extent independently from Wales.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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samson Family Facts

Distribution of samson Families in the US in 1920
Number of samson families
 102-201
 35-101		 1-34
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