The sampson Surname
sampson Name Meaning and History
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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