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The girl's name Samantha \s(a)-man-tha, sam(a)-ntha\ is pronounced sa-MAN-thah. It is of English origin. Feminine form of Samuel (Hebrew) "God heard". Also contains the Greek -antha which means "flower". Occasionally used in the 17th-19th centuries. Samantha became popular in the 1960s due to the TV show "Bewitched". Actress Samantha Eggar.

Samantha has 12 variant forms: Sam, Samey, Sami, Samentha, Sammantha, Sammee, Sammey, Sammie, Semantha, Semanntha, Simantha and Symantha.

For more information, see also related names Amantha and Samuela.

Baby names that sound like Samantha are Simonetta and Simonette.

Samantha is a very popular female first name and an uncommon surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Samantha. Click here to compare Samantha with related baby names.

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Canada (BC), England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Australia (NSW) Top 100 rankings for: Samantha

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