Sampson
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning sun; variant spelling of Samson.
Sampson by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Sampson. In the US, 60 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sampson. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Samsonhis name is sun; strong as the sun430 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the sun
Like Sampson, each of these has the sun in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Cyrussun; royal name from ancient Persia729 in the US (2017)
- Apollogreek god of music, poetry, and sun525 in the US (2017)
- Eliansun; diminutive of Elias or form of Helios486 in the US (2017)
- Reyanshpart of the sun; ray of light382 in the US (2017)
- Sunnybright or cheerful like the sun69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ishaansun or offering of the sun79 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Sampson
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