Sampson Family History

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

English: of Norman origin a habitational name from any of the French places called Saint-Samson (Seine-Maritime, Calvados) including Saint-Samson-de-Bonfosse (Manche) and Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque (Eure), so called from the dedication of their churches to Saint Samson of Dol, the Welsh bishop (see Samson).

Americanized form of French, Breton, German, and Dutch Samson. Greek: from the personal name Sampson (see 1 above) or an American shortened form of any of various patronymics derived from this name, e.g. Sampsonidis and Sampsonoglou.