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Samson (male)

Variants:Sansone (M)
Diminutive(s):Sam (M)
Derivative of:Shimshon (M)
Can be spelt:Sampson (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

English form of the Hebrew Shimshon, probably from Hebrew "sun".
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