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Comments and insights on the name Samantha: | Edit

Name of an Angel.

Personal experiences with the name Samantha: | Edit

- My name
- Name of three acquaintances

Nicknames for Samantha: | Edit

Sam, Sammy, Samz, Sambo, Samba, Sambag, Sam-Sam, Sammers, Manta

Meanings and history of the name Samantha: | Edit

Of English and Hebrew origin, most accurately means "God Heard". In Aramaic, it means "Listener". In Greek, it may mean "Flower".

Famous real-life people named Samantha: | Edit

Samantha Armytage, Australian journalist and television news reporter
Samantha Arsenault, American swimmer and Olympic champion
Samantha Bakopoulos, Greek-Canadian cook/author
Samantha Barks, singer and actress from the Isle of Man
Samantha Barning, Dutch professional badminton player
Samantha Béart, British actress
Samantha Beckinsale, English actress
Samantha Bee, Canadian actress and comedian
Samantha Bond, English actress
Samantha Brown, American television host
Samantha Browne-Walters, American actress
Samantha Buck, American actress
Aunt Samantha Bumgarner, acclaimed country and folk music performer of the early 1900s
Lan Samantha Chang, American writer of novels and short stories
Samantha Cole, American dance-pop singer/songwriter
Samantha Cook, Canadian actress and radio personality
Samantha Cools, Canadian Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer
Samantha Cope, American actress
Samantha Cornish, professional surfer from New South Wales, Australia
Samantha David, English journalist and novelist
Samantha Davies, British yachtswoman
Samantha Dodd, British stage and television actress
Samantha Dorman, American model and actress
Samantha Dorrance, British actor and dancer
Samantha Downie, Australian model
Samantha Droke, American actress
Samantha Dubois, Dutch radio presenter
Samantha Eggar, English actress
Samantha Falk, Canadian reporter
Samantha Ferris, Canadian actress and television reporter
Samantha Fox, English former glamour model and dance-pop singer
Samantha Fox, American pornographic actress
Samantha Gibbs, better known as Samantha Jade, singer-songwriter
Samantha Giles, British actress
Samantha Gillison, American author
Samantha Hammel, American actress, singer, theatre director, choreographer and record producer
Samantha Harris, American television presenter
Samantha Heath, British politician
Samantha Holland, English actress
Samantha Howard Corbin, American television writer and producer
Samantha Inoue-Harte, anime voice actress
Samantha James, American dance musician
Samantha John, media and entertainment personality in Trinidad and Tobago
Samantha Johnson, American actress, filmmaker, and beauty queen
Samantha Jones, née Jean Owen, English singer and entertainer
Samantha Judge, field hockey forward from Scotland
Samantha Juste, née Sandra Slater, the “disc girl” on the 1960s BBC television show Top of the Pops
Samantha Kerr, Australian association footballer
Samantha Ketipe, Sri Lankan-born Italian cricketer
Samantha Lam, Chinese-Canadian equestrian
Samantha Lane, Australian television personality and sports reporter
Samantha Larson, American mountain climber
Samantha Leigh Martin, former child actor from England
Susan Jane Dillingham, also known as Samantha Dillingham or her stage name Samantha Lewes, American actress
Samantha Lewis, former teen actress
Samantha Mathis, American actress
Samantha Morton, English actress
Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress
Samantha Peszek, American gymnast
Samantha Sang, Australian pop singer
Samantha Ronson, English singer-songwriter and DJ
Samantha Smith, child peace activist and actress who died in a plane crash at age 13
Samantha Smith, British tennis player
Samantha Womack (nee. Janus), English actress and singer

Samantha in song, story & screen: | Edit

Samantha Micelli, character on '80s sitcom "Who's the Boss?" played by Alyssa Milano
Samantha, character in "Garden State"
Samantha Jones, "Sex and the City" character played by Kim Cattrall
Samantha Who, television series starring Christina Applegate
Samantha Peszek, gymnast
Samantha Stankey, Milhouse's one-time girlfriend on "The Simpsons"
Samantha, silent scorer referred to in many episodes of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
Samantha, a character in Need for Speed Underground
Samantha Anderson, character on the American TV soap opera As the World Turns
Samantha Best, character on the television show The Best Years
Sami Brady, or Samantha Gene Brady, character on the American soap opera Days of our Lives
Samantha Carter, character in the television show Stargate SG-1
Samantha Darko, character in the film Donnie Darko
Samantha Fitzgerald, or Sam, recurring character on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
Samantha Forster, or Sam, main character in The Phantom Stallion book series, by Terri Farley
Sammy Jo Carrington, character in the American TV series Dynasty
Sam Jones, character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels
Samantha Keeble, character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
Samantha Kelly, character on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
Samantha Manson, female protagonist from the Nickelodeon cartoon Danny Phantom
Samantha Mulder, sister to Fox Mulder on the television The X-Files. Samantha was abducted by aliens before the show's start.
Samantha Parkington, character in the American Girl collection of books and dolls
Samantha "Sam" Puckett, protagonist in the television show iCarly
Samantha Roth, character in the television show 24
Samantha Stephens, protagonist of the 1960s sitcom Bewitched played by Elizabeth Montgomery, and credited with the surge in popularity of the name during this time.
Samantha Spade- FBI agent in the Missing Persons division on the show Without a Trace.