Samppa

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  • Finnish
Finnish diminutive of SAMULI or ALEKSANTERI, or else a variant of SAMPO.

SAMULI   male   Finnish
Finnish form of SAMUEL.
SAMUEL   male   English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name שְׁמוּאֵל (Shemu'el) which could mean either "name of God" or "God has heard". As told in the Books of Samuel in the Old Testament, Samuel was the last of the ruling judges. He led the Israelites during a period of domination by the Philistines, who were ultimately defeated in battle at Mizpah. Later he anointed Saul to be the first king of Israel, and even later anointed his successor David.

As a Christian name, Samuel came into common use after the Protestant Reformation. Famous bearers include American inventor Samuel Morse (1791-1872), Irish writer Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), and American author Samuel Clemens (1835-1910), who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain.
ALEKSANTERI   male   Finnish
Finnish form of ALEXANDER.
ALEXANDER   male   English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Hungarian, Slovak, Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, help" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος). In Greek mythology this was another name of the hero Paris, and it also belongs to several characters in the New Testament. However, the most famous bearer was Alexander the Great, King of Macedon. In the 4th century BC he built a huge empire out of Greece, Egypt, Persia, and parts of India. Due to his fame, and later medieval tales involving him, use of his name spread throughout Europe.

The name has been used by kings of Scotland, Poland and Yugoslavia, emperors of Russia, and eight popes. Other notable bearers include English poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744), American statesman Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), Scottish-Canadian explorer Sir Alexander MacKenzie (1764-1820), Russian poet Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), and Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), the Scottish-Canadian-American inventor of the telephone.
SAMPO   male   Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Meaning unknown. In Finnish mythology this is the name of a magical artifact (perhaps a mill) created by the smith god Ilmarinen.
FULL FORMS
FINNISH: Aleksanteri, Samuel, Samuli
EQUIVALENTS
ALBANIAN: Aleksander, Skender
ANCIENT GREEK: Alexander, Alexandros
ARABIC: Iskandar
ARMENIAN: Aleksandr
BASQUE: Alesander
BELARUSIAN: Aliaksandr
BIBLICAL GREEK: Alexandros, Samouel
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Shemu'el
BIBLICAL LATIN: Samuhel
BIBLICAL: Alexander, Samuel
BULGARIAN: Aleksandar, Samuil, Sasho
CATALAN: Àlex, Alexandre
CROATIAN: Aleksandar, Sandi, Saša
CZECH: Aleš, Alexandr, Samuel
DANISH: Aleksander, Alex, Alexander, Samuel, Sander
DUTCH: Alex, Alexander, Lex, Samuel, Sander, Xander
ENGLISH: Al, Alec, Alex, Alexander, Lex, Sam, Sammie, Sammy, Samuel, Sandy, Xander, Zander
ESPERANTO: Aleĉjo, Aleksandro
ESTONIAN: Aleksander
FINNISH MYTHOLOGY: Sampo
FINNISH: Ale, Sami, Sampo, Samu, Santeri, Santtu
FRENCH: Alex, Alexandre, Sacha, Samuel, Sasha
GALICIAN: Alexandre
GEORGIAN: Aleksandre, Sandro
GERMAN: Alex, Alexander, Samuel, Sascha
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Alexander, Alexandros
GREEK: Alexandros
HEBREW: Shmuel
HUNGARIAN: Alexander, Samu, Sámuel, Sándor
ICELANDIC: Alex, Alexander
INDONESIAN: Iskandar
IRISH: Alastar
ITALIAN: Ale, Alessandro, Alex, Samuele, Sandro
JEWISH: Samuel
LATVIAN: Aleksandrs
LITHUANIAN: Aleksandras
MACEDONIAN: Aca, Ace, Aco, Aleksandar, Samoil, Sasho
MALAY: Iskandar
MEDIEVAL SLAVIC: Aleksandru
NORWEGIAN: Aleksander, Alex, Alexander, Samuel, Sander
OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Samuilu
PASHTO: Sikandar
PERSIAN: Eskandar
POLISH: Aleks, Aleksander, Olek, Samuel
PORTUGUESE: Alex, Alexandre, Samuel, Xande, Xandinho
ROMANIAN: Alex, Alexandru, Sandu
RUSSIAN: Aleks, Aleksandr, Samuil, Sanya, Sasha, Shura
SCOTTISH: Alasdair, Alastair, Alistair, Alister, Ally, Sawney
SERBIAN: Aca, Aco, Aleksandar, Saša
SLOVAK: Aleš, Alexander, Samuel
SLOVENE: Aleks, Aleksander, Aleš, Sandi, Saša, Sašo
SPANISH: Ale, Alejandro, Samuel
SWEDISH: Alex, Alexander, Samuel, Sander
TURKISH: İskender
UKRAINIAN: Aleks, Aleksandr, Oleksander, Oleksandr, Oles, Sasha
URDU: Sikandar
WELSH: Sawyl
YIDDISH: Sender
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
HUNGARIAN: Sanyi
FEMININE FORMS
ANCIENT GREEK: Alexandra
BULGARIAN: Aleksandra, Aleksandrina, Sashka
CROATIAN: Aleksandra, Sanda, Sandra, Saša
CZECH: Alexandra
DANISH: Alexandra, Sandra
DUTCH: Alex, Alexandra, Sandra, Xandra
ENGLISH: Alex, Alexa, Alexandra, Alexandrea, Alexandria, Alexandrina, Alexina, Ali, Allie, Ally, Alyx, Lexa, Lexi, Lexie, Lexine, Lexy, Sandie, Sandra, Sandy, Sasha, Sondra, Zandra
ESTONIAN: Aleksandra
FINNISH: Sandra
FRENCH: Alexandra, Alexandrie, Alexandrine, Sacha, Sandra, Sandrine, Sasha
GERMAN: Alexandra, Alexandrine, Sandra, Sascha
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Alexandra
GREEK: Alexandra
HUNGARIAN: Alexandra, Szandra
ICELANDIC: Alexandra, Sandra
IRISH: Alastríona
ITALIAN: Alessa, Alessandra, Alexandra, Samuela, Sandra
LATVIAN: Sandra
LITHUANIAN: Sandra
MACEDONIAN: Aleksandra, Sandra, Sashka
NORWEGIAN: Alexandra, Sandra
POLISH: Aleksandra, Ola
PORTUGUESE: Alexandra, Alexandrina, Sandra
ROMANIAN: Alexandra, Sanda, Sandra
RUSSIAN: Aleksandra, Aleksandrina, Alexandra, Sanya, Sasha, Shura
SCOTTISH: Saundra
SERBIAN: Aleksandra, Sandra, Saša
SLOVAK: Alexandra
SLOVENE: Aleksandra, Sandra, Saša
SPANISH: Ale, Alejandra, Alexandra, Sandra
SWEDISH: Alexandra, Sandra, Sassa
UKRAINIAN: Aleksandra, Alexandra, Lesya, Oleksandra, Sasha
OTHER FORMS
DUTCH: Samantha
ENGLISH: Sam, Samantha, Sammi, Sammie, Sammy
ITALIAN: Samanta, Samantha
SPANISH: Samanta