Sammantha
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Sammantha by the numbers
Sammantha was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 121 babies in 1991, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Sammantha
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sammantha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Samantaeven-minded or peaceful; a form of Samantha24 in the US (2017)
- Samatha6 in the US (2017)
- Samyukthaunited; joined together13 in the US (2017)
- Samhithacollected together; compilation of sacred texts12 in the US (2017)
- Samanvithaharmonious or well-coordinated9 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sammantha
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