Shimshon
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning sun; a form of Samson.
Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies
Shimshon by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Shimshon. In the US, 15 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 England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shimshon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean the sun
Like Shimshon, 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)
- Samsonhis name is sun; strong as the sun430 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)
Names about as common as Shimshon
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