Sampson Genealogy and Sampson Family History Information

Sampson Name Meaning

English, Dutch, and Jewish: variant of Samson. The -p- was introduced in the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew name Shimshon.

The English surname has also long been established in Ireland.

In North America, this name has absorbed other European cognates, for example Greek Sampsonakis, Sampsonides.

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Rear Admiral William T Sampson