Samantha
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /səˈmænθə/
- A female given name.
- 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 (2004), ISBN 0743479122, 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 0060154691, 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.
- 1876 Phebe Ann Hanaford, Women of the Century, page 525:
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