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Samantha may be Aramaic for "listener", or possibly from a Hebrew root meaning "name". Or it may be a feminine form of Samuel (or, I think, possibly Samson in some cases), formed by attaching Sam- to the Greek word anthos "flower". According to A Dictionary of First Names, by the Oxford University Press, Samantha was probably first used in the 18th century, and was a purely American coinage originating from the southern states.

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Miranda
"...his fingers trailing over your belly, your thighs quacking..." — From a The Lord of the Rings crapfic

Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks.

• What does my name mean? - Samantha Sellars  May 12 2005, 2:11:45 PM
  • Re: What does my name mean? - Miranda  May 12 2005, 3:04:43 PM
    • Re: What does my name mean? - Pavlos  May 13 2005, 1:31:55 AM
    • Re: What does my name mean? - Miss Claire  May 12 2005, 3:31:31 PM
      • Hebrew Letters :-p - Miranda  May 12 2005, 4:23:20 PM
        • Re: Hebrew Letters :-p - Miss Claire  May 12 2005, 4:51:55 PM
  • Re: What does my name mean? - Miss Claire  May 12 2005, 3:03:08 PM