Samson is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “man of the sun.” In 2024 it was given to 582 boys in the United States.
Samson belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “man of the sun” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Samson first appears in Social Security records in 1892. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #522 in 2024, and in 2024 582 babies received the name — 12,235 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Samson means “man of the sun” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Samson is a boy name. In 2024, 582 babies received the name in the US.
Samson comes from the Biblical & Christian tradition.
Samson first appears in US records in 1892. Its best-ever ranking was #522 in 2024, and 582 babies were given the name in 2024.
Samson is pronounced /ˈsæmsən/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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