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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:SamanthaWikipedia

Etymology

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It was recorded in the 17th century in England.[1]

Most probably a feminine form of Samuel, possibly influenced by Anthea. Other suggestions include Aramaic ܫܡܥܢܬܐ (šemʿanta, “listener”, noun), from ܫܡܥ.

In India, Samantha can be interpreted as a variant spelling of Samanta, from Sanskrit समन्त (samanta, “universal, adjacent”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /səˈmænθə/
    • (æ-raising) IPA(key): [səˈmɛənθə]
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

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Samantha

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
    • 1876, Phebe Ann Hanaford, Women of the Century, page 525:These country girls, as they were called, had queer names, which added to the singularity of their appearance. Samantha, Triphena, Plumy, Leafy, Ruhamah, Lovey, and Florilla were among them.
    • 1888, Marietta Holley, Josiah Allen's Wife as a P.A. and P.I.: Samantha at the Centennial, page 577:"Its name is Samantha Jo, after Josiah and me. - - - If it had been a boy, we was layin' out to call it Josiah Sam, - Sam for Samantha."
    • 1967, Howard Fast, Samantha, I Books, published 2004, →ISBN, page 42:"Middle of the depression - who's going to give a kid a nutty name like Samantha? Today's another matter, but around then, from what I hear, people weren't thinking about these stylish names."
    • 1985, Bobbie Ann Mason, In Country, Harper&Row, →ISBN, pages 182, 183:But here's my favorite name: Samuel. It's from the Bible. If it's a girl, name it Samantha. That sounds like something in a prayer, doesn't it? I think it's a name in the Chronicles. I've been reading the Bible every night." - - -She found the Book of Chronicles and scanned it. - - - There was no Samantha in either the first or the second book of the Chronicles.
    • 2024 April 11, Jennifer Hansler, “USAID administrator says it is ‘credible’ to assess famine is already occurring in parts of Gaza”, in CNN‎[2]:Although US officials have been sounding the alarm about the imminent risk of famine in the war-torn strip, USAID Administrator Samantha Power is the first official to publicly agree with an assessment that famine is already taking place.

Usage notes

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  • Popular in the English-speaking world from the 1970s to the 2000s.
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  • Sam
  • Sammy
  • Sami
  • Sammie

Translations

[edit] female given name
  • Arabic: سامانثا f
  • Chinese: Mandarin: 薩曼莎 / 萨曼莎 (Sàmànshā)
  • Esperanto: Samanta
  • French: Samantha (fr) f
  • German: Samantha (de) f
  • Greek: Σαμάνθα (el) f (Samántha)
  • Hindi: समैन्था (samainthā)
  • Italian: Samanta (it) f
  • Japanese: サマンサ (Samansa)
  • Korean: 사만다 (Samanda), 서맨사 (Seomaensa)
  • Latvian: Samanta f
  • Polish: Samanta (pl) f
  • Portuguese: Samanta (pt) f
  • Russian: Сама́нта (ru) f (Samánta)
  • Spanish: Samanta (es) f

References

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Anagrams

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  • manastha

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Samantha in the 1960s.

Proper noun

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Samantha

  1. a female given name from English

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saˈmanta/ [sɐˈman̪.t̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Syllabification: Sa‧man‧tha

Proper noun

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Samantha (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋᜈ᜔ᜆ)

  1. a female given name from English, popular in the Philippines since the 1990s or 2000s

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