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Samantha (or the alternatively Samanta) is primarily used as a feminine given name. It was recorded in England in 1633 in Newton Regis,
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. It was also recorded in the 18th century in
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, but its etymology is uncertain. Speculation (without evidence) has suggested an origin from the masculine given name Samuel and anthos, the
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word for "flower".''
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'', 2009 edition pp. 697–698, Dr. Cleveland Kent Evans,
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One theory is that it was a feminine form of Samuel to which the already existing feminine name Anthea was added. "Samantha" remained a rare name until the 1873 publication of the first novel in a series by Marietta Holley, featuring the adventures of a lady named "Samantha", wife of Josiah Allen. The series led to the rise in the name's popularity, 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. The name was out of fashion in the United States for the 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 again until 1964, when it reappeared in 472nd place and leapt another 293 places to 179th place in 1965, coinciding with the 1964 debut of the television show, '' Bewitched,'' featuring as a lead character a young witch named " Samantha Stephens". The name has remained consistently popular in the United States since the 1960s. It has ranked among the top 200 names for girls since 1965 and among the top 100 names for girls since 1976. It was among the ten most popular names for American girls born between 1988 and 2006 and was among the top 100 names for American girls until 2020. It was the 105th most popular name for American girls born in 2021. It has also been well-used in other countries in
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and in
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. In Sri Lanka, Samantha is used as a masculine
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, 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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Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...
: سمانثا (Samantha) * Albanian: Samanthë, Samantë *
Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
: Սամանթա (Samant'a), Սամանտա (Samanta) * Belarusian: Саманта (Samanta) * Bulgarian: Саманта (Samanta) * Chinese Simplified: 萨曼莎 (Sàmànshā) * Chinese Traditional: 薩曼莎 (Sàmànshā) *
Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...
: Samantha * Esperanto: Samanta * French: Samantha * German: Samantha *
Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
: Σαμάνθα *
Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub ...
: સમન્તા (Samantā) *
Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
: סמנתה *
Hindi Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...
: सामन्था (Sāmanthā) * Hungarian: Szamanta *
Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...
: Samanta *
Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...
: サマンサ (Samansa) *
Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
: ಸಮಂತಾ (Samantā) * Khmer: សុមន្ថា (Somontha) *
Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language ** ...
: 사만다 (Samanda) * Latvian: Samanta * Mongolian: Саманта (Samanta) * Marathi: सामान्था (Sāmānthā) *
Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: سامانتا (Samanta) *
Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...
: Samanta * Swahili: Samandha *
Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
: Саманта (Samanta) * Serbian: Саманта (Samanta) *
Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
: Samanta *
Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ...
: சமாந்தா (Samantha) * Telugu: సమంతా (Samantā) * Thai: ซาแมนต้า (Sāmænt̂ā) * Ukrainian: Саманта (Samanta) *
Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ve ...
: סאַמאַנטהאַ (Sʼamʼanthʼa)


Notable people


Female

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Samantha Albert Samantha Majendie-Albert (born 31 May 1971) is a Canadian-born equestrian who represents Jamaica in international competition. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to a Jamaican mother and an English father, and grew up in Canada and Jamaic ...
(born 1971), Canadian-born equestrienne who represents Jamaica in international competition *
Samantha Armytage Samantha Armytage (born 4 September 1976) is an Australian journalist and television presenter. Armytage was previously co-host of the Seven Network's breakfast television program ''Sunrise'' from 2013 to 2021 alongside David Koch. She also pr ...
(born 1976), Australian journalist and television news reporter * Samantha Arsenault (born 1981), American swimmer and Olympic champion *
Samantha Barks Samantha Jane Barks (born 2 October 1990) is a Manx actress and singer who rose to fame after placing third in the BBC talent show-themed television series '' I'd Do Anything'' in 2008. She has released three studio albums: ''Looking in Your ...
(born 1990), Manx singer and actress *
Samantha Barning Samantha Barning (born 28 June 1989) is a Dutch badminton player. She can play either in singles or in doubles. She won bronze medals at the 2014 European Badminton Championships, 2014 European Championships in the mixed doubles with Jorrit de Rui ...
(born 1989), Dutch professional badminton player *
Samantha Beckinsale Samantha-Jane Beckinsale (born 23 July 1966), known professionally as Samantha Beckinsale, and Sam Beckinsale, is a British actress. She played firefighter Kate Stevens in '' London's Burning''. Early life Beckinsale is the only daughter of ac ...
(born 1966), English actress *
Samantha Bee Samantha Anne Bee (born October 25, 1969) is a Canadian-American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actress, and television host. Bee rose to fame as a correspondent on '' The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'', where she became th ...
(born 1969), Canadian actress and comedian *
Samantha Bond Samantha Jane Bond (born 27 November 1961) is an English actress, who is best known for playing Miss Moneypenny in four James Bond films during the Pierce Brosnan years, and for her role on ''Downton Abbey'' as the wealthy widow Lady Rosamu ...
(born 1961), English actress * Samantha Boscarino (born 1994), American actress * Sam Brown (born 1964), English singer *
Samantha Brown Samantha Elizabeth Brown (born March 31, 1970) is an American television host, notable for her work as the host of several Travel Channel shows including ''Girl Meets Hawaii'', ''Great Vacation Homes'', ''Great Hotels'', ''Passport to Europe'', ' ...
(born 1970), American television host * Samantha Browne-Walters (born 1991), American actress * Samantha Buck (born 1976), American actress * Aunt
Samantha Bumgarner "Aunt" Samantha Bumgarner (October 31, 1878 - December 24, 1960) was an American early country and folk music performer and singer from Dillsboro, North Carolina. She won much praise for her work with the fiddle and banjo. In 1924, accompanied b ...
(1878-1960), acclaimed country and folk music performer of the early 1900s *
Samantha Cameron Samantha Gwendoline Cameron (; born 18 April 1971) is an English businesswoman. Until 13 May 2010, she was the creative director of Smythson of Bond Street. Her husband, David Cameron, was the British prime minister from 2010 to 2016. She took ...
(née Sheffield, born 1971), English business executive and wife of politician David Cameron *
Lan Samantha Chang Lan Samantha Chang (張嵐; pinyin: Zhāng Lán) is an American writer of novels and short stories. Life Lan Samantha Chang was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and attended Yale University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in East Asian S ...
(born 1965), American writer of novels and short stories *
Samantha Cole Samantha Cole (born October 19, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter. Early life Samantha Cole grew up in Southampton, New York. At the age of 15, Cole began taking vocal lessons and landed a number of singing engagements in New York. Care ...
(born 1978), American dance-pop singer/songwriter *
Samantha Cools Samantha "Sammy" Cools (born March 3, 1986) is a Canadian BMX (bicycle motocross) racer. Born in Calgary, Alberta, she was introduced to the sport by her brothers Ken Cools, coach of the New Zealand BMX team, and Greg. She currently lives in Gan ...
(born 1986), Canadian Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer * Samantha Cornish (born 1980), professional surfer from New South Wales, Australia *
Samantha Cristoforetti Samantha Cristoforetti, OMRI (; born in Milan on 26 April 1977) is an Italian European Space Agency astronaut, former Italian Air Force pilot and engineer. She holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a European astronaut ( ...
(born 1977), Italian astronaut * Samantha Davies (sailor), Samantha Davies (born 1974), British yachtswoman * Samantha Davies (sprinter), Samantha Davies (born 1979), British sprint athlete * Samantha Dorman (born 1968), American model and actress * Samantha Dorrance (born 1992), British actor and dancer * Samantha Downie (born 1987), Australian model * Samantha Dubois (1955–1992), Dutch radio presenter * Samantha Eggar (born 1939), English actress * Sam Faber, Samantha "Sam" Faber (born 1987), American ice hockey player * Samantha Farquharson (born 1969), English athlete * Samantha Ferris (born 1968), Canadian actress and television reporter * Samantha Fox (born 1966), English former glamour model and dance-pop singer * Sammi Giancola, Samantha Giancola (born 1987), American television personality and actress * Samantha Giles (born 1971), British actress * Samantha Gillison, American author * Sammy Glenn (born 1983), English actress * Samantha Harris (born 1973), American television presenter * Sam Healy (born 1976), Australian actress * Samantha Heath (born 1960), British politician * Samantha Holland (born 1969), English actress * Miss North Carolina USA, Samantha Holvey, American beauty queen * Samantha Inoue-Harte (born 1979), American anime voice actress * Samantha Irby, African-American blogger, comedian, and author * Samantha Jade (born 1987), singer-songwriter also known as Samantha Gibbs * Samantha James (born 1979), American dance musician * Samantha Johnson (born 1991), American professional soccer defender * Samantha Johnson (beauty pageant), Samantha Johnson (born 1984), American beauty pageant * Samantha Jones (singer), Samantha Jones (born 1943), née Jean Owen, English singer and entertainer * Samantha Josephson (died 2019), American murder victim * Samantha Judge (born 1978), field hockey forward from Scotland * Samantha Juste (born 1944), née Sandra Slater, the "disc girl" on the 1960s BBC television show ''Top of the Pops'' * Sam Kerr, Samantha Kerr (born 1993), Australian association football player * Samantha Kinghorn (born 1996), Scottish wheelchair racer * Samantha Lam (equestrian), Samantha Lam (born 1978), Chinese-Canadian equestrian * Samantha Lane (born 1979), Australian television personality and sports reporter * Samantha Larson (born 1988), American mountain climber * Samantha Leigh Martin (born 1985), former child actress from England * Samantha Lewes (born 1952), American actress also known as Susan Jane Dillingham and Samantha Dillingham * Samantha Maloney (born 1975), American musician * Samantha Mathis (born 1970), American actress * Samantha Morton (born 1977), English actress * Samantha Mumba (born 1983), Irish singer and actress * Samantha Munro (born 1990), Canadian actress * Samantha Murray (born 1989), English modern pentathlete * Samantha Murray (tennis), Samantha Murray (born 1987), British tennis player * Samantha Navarro (born 1971), Uruguayan singer and composer * Samantha Page, a newscaster on Naked News * Samantha Peszek (born 1991), American gymnast * Samantha Power (born 1970), American diplomat and academic * Samantha Reeves (born 1979), American tennis player * Samantha Ruth Prabhu (born 1987), Indian actress * Samantha De Reviziis (born 1985), Italian web influencer * Murder of Samantha Runnion, Samantha Runnion (1996–2002), American female murder victim * Samantha Sang (born 1951), Australian pop singer * Samantha Shapiro (born 1993), American gymnast * Samantha Smith (1972–1985), child peace activist and actress who died in a plane crash at age 13 * Samantha Smith (tennis), Samantha Smith (born 1971), British tennis player * Samantha Stosur (born 1984), Australian tennis player * Sam Taylor-Johnson (born 1967), English Filmmaker * Sam Virgo (born 1987), Australian rules footballer * Samantha Weinstein (born 1995), Canadian actress * Samantha Womack (born 1972 as Samantha Janus), English actress and singer


Male

* Samantha de Mel (born 1965), Sri Lankan-born Italian cricketer * Samantha Dodanwela (born 1970), Sri Lankan cricketer and tea company CEO * Samantha Fernando (born 1985), Sri Lankan cricketer * Samantha Sooriyabandara (died 2012), Sri Lankan army officer * K. V. Samantha Vidyaratna, Sri Lankan politician * Samantha Vithanage (born c. 1980), student murdered in Sri Lankan university


Fictional characters

* Sheriff Samantha Parker, a character in the 2002 monster comedy action film ''Eight Legged Freaks#Cast, Eight Legged Freaks'' * Samantha, a character in the 2009 American fantasy comedy movie ''17 Again (film)#Cast, 17 Again'' * Samantha, a sentient AI from the movie ''Her (film), Her'' * Samantha, the silent scorer in the BBC radio comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue#Scorers, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue * Samantha, the protagonist from ''Need for Speed: Underground'' * Samantha, a character the panicked Olaf (Frozen), Olaf searches for in Disney's Frozen II (before he realizes he doesn't know a Samantha) * Samantha Albertson, a character in the movie ''Now and Then (film), Now and Then'', played by both Gaby Hoffmann and Demi Moore * Samantha Anderson, on the American TV soap opera ''As the World Turns'' * Samantha Baker, in the film ''Sixteen Candles'' * Samantha "Sam" Barnes, in the audio drama ''The Bright Sessions'' * Sami Brady, on the American soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' * Sammy Jo Carrington, character in the American TV series ''Dynasty'' * Samantha Carter, a witty female scientist and soldier from the television show ''Stargate SG-1'' and related spinoffs, one of the six original main characters. * Samantha Cole, a character in the film ''Liar Liar#Cast, Liar Liar'' * Samantha Darko, in the film ''Donnie Darko'' and its sequel, ''S. Darko'' * Samantha Fitzgerald, recurring character on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' * Samantha "Sam" Giddings, one of eight protagonists from the survival horror game ''Until Dawn'' * List of Person of Interest characters#Root, Samantha Groves, in the television show ''Person of Interest (TV series), Person of Interest'', played by Amy Acker * Sam Jones (Doctor Who), Sam Jones, in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels * Samantha, James' seductive new boss in the 1993 film ''Look Who's Talking Now'' * Samantha Jones (Sex and the City), Samantha Jones, in the television show Sex and the City, played by Kim Cattrall * Samantha "Sam" Kanisky, a character on the American television sitcom ''Gimme a Break!#Main characters, Gimme a Break'' * Samantha Kingston, in the film ''Before I Fall (film), Before I Fall'', played by Zoey Deutch * Samantha Tracy Lord, in the film ''High Society (1956 film), High Society'', played by Grace Kelly * Samantha "Sam" Manson, from ''Danny Phantom * Sam McCall, on the American soap opera ''General Hospital'' * Samantha "Sam" Micelli, a character in the TV show ''Who's the Boss?'' * Samantha Milano, a character in the TV sitcom ''Step by Step (TV series)#Others, Step by Step'' * Sam Mitchell (EastEnders), Sam Mitchell, in the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Samantha "Sam" Montgomery, in the film ''A Cinderella Story'' * Samantha Moore, a character in the 1989 action movie ''No Holds Barred (1989 film)#Cast, No Holds Barred'' * Samantha Mulder, Fox Mulder's sister on the TV show ''The X-Files''. Samantha was abducted by aliens before the show's start. * List of American Girl characters#Samantha Parkington, Samantha Parkington, a character in the American Girl series * List of iCarly characters#Sam Puckett, Sam Puckett, from ''iCarly'', played by Jennette McCurdy * Samantha Spade, in the TV series ''Without a Trace'', played by Poppy Montgomery * List of Bewitched characters#Samantha Stephens, Samantha Stephens, in the TV show ''Bewitched'' * Samantha Taggart, in the TV show ''ER'' * Samantha ''Sammy'', a fictional seal from ''Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo'' * Samantha Evelyn Cook/Art3mis, Wade Watts' girlfriend in ''Ready Player One, Ready Player One (2011)'', ''Ready Player One (film), Ready Player One (2018 movie)'' and eventual wife in the end of ''Ready Player Two, Ready Player Two (2020)''


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