Samantha - Meaning of Samantha

What does Samantha mean?

[ 3 syll. sa-man-(t)ha, sam-an-tha ] The baby boy name Samantha is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is Saa-MAEN-THaa †. Samantha is derived from Hebrew origins. The name's meaning is told by God. See Samantha for more information.

See also the related form, Sam (English).

See also the related categories, god and hebrew.

Samantha is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1989, 0.006% of baby boys were given the name Samantha. It ranked at #927 then. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity, and is now of sporadic use. In 2018, out of the group of boy names directly linked to Samantha, Sam was the most popular. Samantha has mostly been a girl name in the past century. In 1989, the name Samantha was given to 215 times as many girls than boys.

Baby names that sound like Samantha include Secondo, Segundo, Shakunta, Shashikant, Shauntai, Sigmundo, Sugandhi, Sundai, Cindeo, Cinneidid, Cinneidigh, Segismundo, Shenandoah, Sigismondo, Sigismundo, Saent, Saente, Saint, Sainte, and Samant.

† English pronunciation for Samantha: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; TH as in "theme (TH.IY.M)"



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