Samanta
From Hebrew, read either as "God has heard" or "flower". It had its run in Poland in the 2000s and has been fading ever since: only about fifteen girls got the name last year, and most Poles have never met one.
Samanta Pronunciation
Samanta is pronounced sah-MAHN-tah (/saˈmanta/).
What Samanta means
Where Samanta comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Samanta reaches back to Hebrew, to the same root that gave the world Samuel, a name built from elements meaning "God has heard." In Polish the idea comes through as bóg wysłuchał, a plea heard and answered.
A second meaning travels with it, kwiat boży, God's flower. That reading arrived later and settled over the older one, a softer gloss laid across a prayer. Both senses live in the name now, side by side.
In Poland the spelling stays clean, Samanta without the "h" that English keeps in Samantha. On a class register it lands near the end of the alphabet, filed among the other S names, read out at roll call in its own plain shape.
The root has not changed. God has heard.
How many people are named Samanta
1 in 6428 women in Poland is named Samanta. 3,507 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #558 among female names.
Samanta's popularity over time
15 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #596 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000. Still the #558 name among living women, even as it slips to #596 among newborns.
Where Samanta is most popular
Samanta is most popular in Opole, 187% above the national average (9 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Greater Poland (+105%) and Kuyavian-Pomeranian (+102%). It is least common in Subcarpathian and Lublin, 76% and 71% below average respectively.
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Opole9 girls born+187%
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Greater Poland30 girls born+105%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian15 girls born+102%
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Silesian27 girls born+74%
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Lubusz5 girls born+48%
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Łódź11 girls born+28%
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West Pomeranian6 girls born+4%
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Lower Silesian11 girls born+3%
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Lesser Poland12 girls born−22%
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Pomeranian6 girls born−40%
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Warmian-Masurian2 girls born−59%
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Masovian9 girls born−63%
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Lublin2 girls born−71%
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Subcarpathian2 girls born−76%
Samanta as a middle name
Samanta is a first name for 3,507 women in Poland and a middle name for another 1,129, a 76/24 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 240th, between Ann (1,150) and Marcjanna (1,126).
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238
1,154Kamilla
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239
1,150Ann
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2401,129Samanta
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241
1,126Marcjanna
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242
1,119Anetta