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What do you think of Samantha?

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octotune · 27/11/2018 18:01

I'm wondering why it's not more popular?

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Pinkypink · 22/03/2020 16:50

I find it dated. Agree with pp that Sammy is cute.
Tabitha has a similar feel and is prob considered more retro than dated. But to me it sounds like a name you give a cat

badcactus2020 · 22/03/2020 14:20

Not keen it's sounds quite dated

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user1493494961 · 22/03/2020 11:57

Very dated and definitely not classic.

17caterpillars1mouse · 22/03/2020 09:26

Love it. Its dd2s middle name

freddy16 · 22/03/2020 08:05

I really like the name Samantha. It sounds lovely, is fresh and crisp, and exudes femininity. Sam and Sammy are gorgeous abbreviations too.

OutPinked · 30/11/2018 11:22

Not nice and always gets shortened to Sam or Sammy. I always think if a full name is never used it must be shit.

Winterwonderland12 · 29/11/2018 17:01

Love Samantha! Nickname Sam. So refreshing after all the cutesy Evies, Ellies and Izzys!

LostwithSawyer · 29/11/2018 16:59

Dated and boring. Nn Sammy is awful.

LeeMiller · 29/11/2018 16:55

very 70s/80s, I was at school with lots of them.

Minniemagoo · 29/11/2018 14:04

Similar to Marcipex it is one of the names that is locally over pronounced and comes across as 'hamantah' here so even though Dh liked it and I loved the diminutives esp Sammy we didn't use it.

Succul · 29/11/2018 13:59

Oh god Amanda is really not more upmarket! The power of the different regions!

Marcipex · 29/11/2018 11:51

One of the most unattractive names ever, sorry. Also, it seems to be pronounced Smamfer by it's owners in my neck of the woods.
Amanda is much more up market imo.

Hmmmbiscuits · 29/11/2018 11:18

I like Samantha. It was very common when I was younger, but not so much now. Most Samantha's I've known have been outgoing and very sociable and I think the name reflects that.

It does remind me of the sex-mad, self-centred one from sex and the city though. Although I think that's an age thing more than anything else.

nocluenoidea · 29/11/2018 10:23

I know SO many Samanthas, but I was born in the 80s. It doesn't 'sound' dated, so it's very surprising it's now only 427th in the name charts. Maybe due a revival, though I doubt it will happen any time soon because new Mums now are likely to be of the age where they grew up around Samanthas and therefore consider it dated

FellSwoop · 29/11/2018 10:18

I love Samantha! Well overdue a revival!
Also love Amanda, I know a lovely, bright 5yo Amanda.

TatianaLarina · 29/11/2018 09:52

all mg with Donna, Joanne, Tracey etc it's not quite ripe for a revival

Sam's mates would be Pam, Michelle, Debbie, Jo and Sharon

Yy. Not forgetting Jackie, Cheryl and Kelly.

stellarfox · 28/11/2018 21:10

Really dated! I find it such an unattractive name

Molly333 · 28/11/2018 06:04

My name is that and I've enjoyed being called Sam by friends and Samantha when more professionalism wanted . All in all I think it's pretty for a girl and I'd like to think I'm a good fun person so not sure if that helps

Cherry321 · 28/11/2018 05:05

Can't believe no one has mentioned sex and the city!

Samantha's friends are clearly Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte Grin

NaughtToThreeSadOnions · 28/11/2018 05:02

Oddly i get why people say tracy and sharon.... i didnt go to school with a single one. Didnt meet a donna until i was 22 and she was a lot younger than me.

Lots of mary's claire's amanda's catherine's and Katy's though

NaughtToThreeSadOnions · 28/11/2018 04:59

she'll never have to spell her name

You'd think wouldn't you, as there's only one way to spell it, but in my experience yep she'll be asked how shes spelling samantha.

But yep a bit dated, and i don't partically like it. But i'm biased.

Polkasq · 28/11/2018 01:24

I don't really like it, it's quite bland and reminds me of SamCam.

Beeziekn33ze · 28/11/2018 01:18

Samantha is lovely. It was Grace Kelly's name in the 1956 film High Society. She was Tracy Samantha which seems an odd combination.

Sophronia · 28/11/2018 00:08

I know a 5 year old Samantha.

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