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Forms of Samantha include the short form Sam (English), the pet forms Sammie (English) and Sammy (English), and the variant spelling Samanta (English, French, and German). See also the related forms, Sam (English) and Anthea (English and German). Samantha is very popular as a baby girl name. The name's popularity rose from the 1960s up to the 1990s. At the height of its usage in 1991, 1.262% of baby girls were given the name Samantha. It was #5 in rank then. The baby name has seen a loss in popularity since then. In 2007, its usage was 0.561% and its ranking #12, but it was nonetheless the most frequently used within all girl names in its family. Samantha has primarily been a girl name, though in the last century it has also been used for boys. In 1989, 215 times as many girls than boys were given the name Samantha. Baby names that sound like Samantha include Samanta (English, French, and German), Segunda (Spanish), Simonette (French), Sinead (Irish), Sinéad (Irish), Cinthia (Portuguese), Cynthia (English and German), Sandy (English and Scottish), Santa (Italian), Senta (German), Shante (English), Simonetta (Italian), Cindy (English), and Cinta (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Samantha: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; TH as in "theta (TH.EY.T.AH)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" A famous person named Samantha is Actress Samantha Morton, born 13 May 1977, Nottingham, England.
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