Samantha

A female given name: from an Aramaic word meaning “listener.”.

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Samantha is a feminine given name. It has been recorded in England in 1633 in Newton Regis, Warwickshire, England. It was also recorded in the 18th century in New England, but its etymology is unknown. Speculation (without evidence) has suggested an origin from the masculine given name Samuel and anthos, the Greek word for "flower". A variant of this speculation is that it may have been a feminine form of Samuel with the addition of the already existing feminine name Anthea.
It remained a rare name until the publication, beginning in 1873, of a series of ten books by Marietta Holley featuring the adventures of a lady called Samantha, wife of Josiah Allen. This led to the rise in its popularity and its increasing ranking among the top 1,000 names for girls in the United States from 1880, the earliest year for which records are available, to 1902.
It was out of fashion in the United States for majority of the first half of the 20th century, but reappeared among the top 1,000 names for girls in 1958, when it ranked in 998th position, and in 1959, when it ranked in 993rd place. It fell off the top 1,000 list once again until 1964, when it reappeared in 472nd place, and leapt another 293 places to 179th place in the ratings in 1965. The name's popularity coincided with the debut in 1964 of the television show Bewitched, which featured as the lead character a young witch named Samantha Stephens. The name has remained consistently popular in the United States since the 1960s. It ranked among the top 200 names for girls since 1965 and among the top 100 names for girls since 1976. It was among the 10 most popular names for girls born in the United States between 1988 and 2006. It ranked as the 15th most popular name for American girls born in 2009.
In Sri Lanka Samantha is used as a masculine given name, being one of the forms of the name of the god Saman. This usage has no known connection with the feminine version.

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Feminine form of Samuel: name of god, god has heard. The one who listens, the listener.

Sami, Sam, Samira, Natascha, Samuel, Mandy, Sammie, Sammy, Samansa, Natasha

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Samantha Ruth Prabhu	1987	Indian actress
2	Samantha Bee	1969	Canadian comedic actress and author
3	Samantha Morton	1977	English actress and film director
4	Samantha Mathis	1970	American actress
5	Samantha Womack	1972	English actress, singer and director, in film, television and stage
6	Samantha Power	1970	Irish-American academic, author and diplomat
7	Samantha Cameron	1971	British business executive and wife of David Cameron
8	Samantha Ponder	1985	American sports announcer
9	Samantha Barks	1990	Manx singer and actress
10	Samantha Bond	1961	British actress
11	Samantha Beckinsale	1966	British actress
12	Samantha Saint	1987	American pornographic actress
13	Samantha Ronson	1977	DJ, singer-songwriter
14	Samantha Stosur	1984	Australian tennis player
15	Samantha Mumba	1983	Irish singer and actress
16	Samantha De Grenet	1970	Italian model and television presenter
17	Samantha Bentley	1987	English pornographic actress
18	Samantha Lewthwaite	1983	Widow of 7/7 suicide bomber Germaine Lindsay and one of the world's most wanted terrorism suspects
19	Samantha Futerman	1987	American actress
20	Samantha Jade	1987	Australian singer, songwriter and actress
21	Samantha Hoopes	1991	American model
22	Samantha Spiro	1968	British actress
23	Samantha Eggar	1939	English film, television and voice actress
24	Samantha Lewes	1952
25	Samantha Brown	1969	American actress
26	Samantha Sloyan	1978
27	Samantha Mulder		Fictional character of The X-Files
28	Samantha Isler	1998	American actress
29	Samantha Smith	1969	American actress
30	Samantha Jo	1991	Canadian martial artist and stunt performer
31	Samantha Chapman	1977	British makeup artist
32	Samantha Boscarino	1994	American actress
33	Samantha Maloney	1975	American musician
34	Samantha Armytage	1977	Australian journalist and television news presenter
35	Samantha Fish	1989	American singer, composer and guitarist
36	Samantha Cristoforetti	1977	Italian ESA astronaut
37	Samantha Taggart		Fictional human
38	Samantha Noble	1984	Australian actress
39	Samantha Carter	1968	Fictional character in the Stargate universe
40	Samantha Peszek	1991	American gymnast
41	Samantha de Jong	1989	Dutch singer
42	Samantha Sang	1951	Australian singer
43	Samantha Munro	1990	Canadian actress
44	Samantha Briggs
45	Samantha Strong	1967	American pornographic actress
46	Samantha Ferris	1968	Canadian actress
47	Samantha Harris	1990	Australian model
48	Samantha Juste	1944	Television personality, singer
49	Samantha Ko	1987	Actress
50	Samantha Logan	1996	Actress
51	Samantha Shelton	1978	American actress
52	Samantha Rénier	1974	French actress
53	Samantha J	1996	Jamaican model and singer-songwriter
54	Samantha Fox	1951	American pornographic actress
55	Samantha Viana	1982	German actress
56	Samantha Sepulveda
57	Samantha Newark	1967	British actress
58	Samantha Crawford	1995	American tennis player
59	Samantha Siddall	1982	British actress
60	Samantha James	1983	American singer
61	Samantha Simmonds	1979	British journalist
62	Samantha Abernathy	1991
63	Samantha Nutt	1969	Canadian physician
64	Samantha Spade
65	Samantha Anderson
66	Samantha Weinstein	1995	Canadian actress
67	Samantha Droke	1987	American actress
68	Samantha Shannon	1991	Writer
69	Samantha Gordon	2003	Player of American football
70	Samantha Lane	1979	Australian sports writer
71	Samantha Bricio	1994	Female volleyball player from Mexico
72	Samantha Lewis	1971	Actress
73	Samantha Harvey	1975	English writer
74	Samantha Riley	1972	Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist, world champion, former world record-holder
75	Samantha Colley	1990	British actress
76	Samantha Kinghorn	1996	Scottish para-athlete
77	Samantha Brick	1971	British journalist
78	Samantha Bloom	1975	British actress
79	Samantha Crain	1986	American musician
80	Samantha Ryan	1978	American pornographic actress
81	Samantha Buck	1974	American actress
82	Samantha Cole	1978	Singer, songwriter, actress
83	Samantha Schacher
84	Samantha Downie	1987	Australian model
85	Samantha Robinson	1981	Actress
86	Samantha Davies	1974	British yacht racer
87	Samantha Robson	1966	English actress
88	Samantha Urbani	1987
89	Samantha Hess	1983	American Professional Cuddler
90	Samantha McClymont	1986	Australian singer
91	Samantha Sin	1985	American pornographic actress
92	Samantha Mohr	1961
93	Samantha Murray	1987	British tennis player
94	Samantha Hunt	1971	American novelist
95	Samantha Schubert	1969	Malaysian actor and model (1969-2016)
96	Samantha Tajik	1983	Iranian-Canadian model
97	Samantha Seager	1974	British actress
98	Samantha Prahalis	1990	American basketball player
99	Samantha Rowley	1988	British model
100	Samantha McClung	1994
101	Samantha Jones	1943	English singer
102	Samantha Dorrance		British actress
103	Samantha Leigh Martin
104	Samantha Johnson	1991	American soccer player
105	Samantha Weinberg		British politician and writer
106	Samantha Larson	1988	American mountain climber
107	Samantha Baines	1987	British comedian
108	Samantha Fitzgerald
109	Samantha Esteban	1979
110	Samantha Bailly	1988
111	Samantha King	1985	Singer and songwriter
112	Samantha Logic	1992	American basketball player
113	Samantha Taylor	1958	Canadian television host
114	Samantha Shapiro	1993	American gymnast
115	Samantha Poling		Scottish investigative journalist
116	Samantha Bumgarner	1878	American musician
117	Samantha Bailey	2001	American chld actor
118	Samantha Tolj	1982	Actress
119	Samantha Massell	1990
120	Samantha Scarlette	1990
121	Samantha Cook		Canadian actress
122	Samantha Cesario	1993	American figure skater
123	Samantha Katie
124	Samantha Youssef		Canadian animator
125	Samantha Gash
126	Samantha Ettus	1972	American writer
127	Samantha Arsenault	1981	American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
128	Samantha Wan
129	Samantha Ellis		British writer
130	Samantha Lang	1967	Film director, Screenwriter
131	Samantha Maiden
132	Samantha Moore	1988	Canadian singer
133	Samantha Daniels		American matchmaker, television producer, author, and entrepreneur
134	Samantha Inoue-Harte	1979	American voice actor
135	Samantha Skogrand	1989
136	Samantha Harrison	1991	Field hockey player
137	Samantha Castillo	1980	Venezuelan actress
138	Samantha Schmütz	1979	Brazilian actress
139	Samantha Dalsoglio	1973	Brazilian actress
140	Samantha Strauss		Screenwriter
141	Samantha Hill	1992	Waterpolo player
142	Samantha Vithanage		Murdered Sri Lankan activist
143	Samantha Howard Corbin		American television producer and writer
144	Samantha Steenwijk	1986	Dutch singer
145	Samantha Béart	1984	British actress
146	Samantha Tross	1968	Consultant surgeon
147	Samantha Potter	1990	Photo model from the USA
148	Samantha Dubois	1955	Dutch broadcaster
149	Samantha Yeo	1997	Singaporean swimmer
150	Samantha Charlton	1991	Olympic field hockey player
151	Samantha Page		Canadian television presenter
152	Samantha Sacramento		Gibraltarian politician
153	Samantha Henry-Robinson	1988	Jamaican sprinter
154	Samantha Albert	1971	Equestrian
155	Samantha Mills	1992
156	Samantha Brooks		American model
157	Samantha Rose	1954	Lovers rock singer
158	Samantha De Reviziis	1985
159	Samantha Warriner	1971	New Zealand triathlete
160	Samantha Kerkman	1974	American politician
161	Samantha Preilowski	1989	German actress
162	Samantha Dunn	1964
163	Samantha Shaw	1957	American politician
164	Samantha Richards	1983	Female Australian basketball player
165	Samantha McCarthy	1985	British actress
166	Samantha Reeves	1979	American tennis player
167	Samantha Edwards	1990	Sprinter
168	Samantha Findlay	1986	American softball player and coach
169	Samantha Katz	1985	Artist
170	Samantha McGlone	1979	Canadian triathlete
171	Samantha Arevalo	1994	Ecuadorian swimmer
172	Samantha Giles	1994
173	Samantha Sooriyabandara		Sri Lankan general
174	Samantha Browne-Walters	1991	American actress
175	Samantha Rebillet	1972	French actor and film director
176	Samantha Cornett	1991	Canadian Squash player
177	Samantha May	1987	Australian netball player
178	Samantha Cools	1986	Canadian bicycle motocross rider
179	Samantha Sendel	1991	Canadian individual and synchronised trampolinist
180	Samantha Paxinos	1988	Olympic swimmer
181	Samantha Rowe	1978	Member of Western Australian Legislative Council
182	Samantha Salas	1986	Mexican racquetball player
183	Samantha Terán	1981	Mexican squash player
184	Samantha Holvey	1986	Beauty pageant contestant
185	Samantha Fonti	1973	Australian musician
186	Samantha Lam	1978	Equestrian
187	Samantha Ramsamy		French journalist
188	Samantha Gillison	1967	American writer
189	Samantha Bowen	1986	Sitting volleyball player
190	Samantha Barning	1989	Badminton player
191	Samantha Stollenwerck	1978	American singer-songwriter
192	Samantha Cornish	1980	Australian surfer
193	Samantha Cheverton	1988	Canadian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games silver medallist
194	Samantha Savage Smith	1987	Singer-songwriter
195	Samantha George
196	Samantha Skey		American businessman
197	Samantha Sheehan	1986	Artistic gymnast
198	Samantha de Mel	1965	Italian cricketer
199	Samantha Kassman	1984
200	Samantha Hamill	1991	Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete