Samson

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Male Name

Usage

Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Icelandic
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Nordic form of the name Sampson, which is a Greek form of the Hebrew name Shimshon

Hebrew shimshon = 'sun' ^[1]

Related Names

Sam	♂
Samson	♂
Simson	♂
Simpso	♂
Sämpsä	♂

See also Sampsa

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Samson
Accusative:	Samson
Dative:	Samsoni
Genitive:	Samsonar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Samson
Accusative:	Samson
Dative:	Samsoni
Genitive:	Samsons

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[2]		0	15	149	217
Norway[3]		0	0	107	170
Denmark[4]		0	n.a.	57	n.a
Finland[5]		n.a.	4	n.a	45
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[2][4][3][5]:

Sources: ^{[2] [4] [3] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi