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Samson

Fire

Usually a boy's name

Meaning
Hebrew Shimshon, probably from shemesh, 'sun' Likely
Origin
Hebrew
Element: Fire

In this tradition sun belongs to Fire

BaZi is a centuries-old Chinese way of reading the moment you were born, and naming with it sorts names by the five elements.

Inspired by Chinese naming: the element comes from the name's meaning, never from its letters or sound.

Popularity

US 2025: #477 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #798

Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Names with a similar meaning

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Related in meaning in Chinese

Source: Unicode Unihan

Chinese middle names linked to this meaning