Samantha: Meaning, Popularity, Origin of Name Samantha | Namipedia

Samantha

Pronunciation: sah-MAN-thə (key)

A feminine form of Samuel (name of God, his name is God) believed to have originated in the southern U.S. in the 19th century.

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Comments and insights on the name Samantha: | Edit: Samantha was a rare name until the sitcom "Bewitched," which chose it as an exotic, witchy-sounding name!
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Nicknames for Samantha: | Edit: Sam, Sammy, Sammie, Samz, Samilia, Sambo, Samba, Sammy Sosa,
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Famous real-life people named Samantha: | Edit: Samantha Mathis, actress
Sam Ronson, DJ
Samantha Fox, singer
Samantha Mumba, singer
Samantha in song, story & screen: | Edit: Samantha Micelli, character on '80s sitcom "Who's the Boss?" played by Alyssa Milano
Samantha Stevens, lead character of television series "Bewitched"
Samantha, character in "Garden State"
Samantha, "Days of Our Lives"
Samantha Jones, "Sex and the City" character played by Kim Cattrall
Samantha Parkington was the first of the American Girl dolls and stories
Samantha Who, television series starring Christina Applegate
Sam Puckett, iCarly
Samantha Mulder, Fox Mulder's sister who was abducted by aliens in The X-Files
Samantha Peszek, gymnast
Samantha Stankey, Milhouse's one-time girlfriend on "The Simpsons"