Throughout the world, Shimshon (Shimshon 
, شمشون 
, שמשון ) is quite a rare male given name. The forename Shimshon is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a common boy's name, Kuwait, where it is a rare male name, and Sudan. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Israel, Egypt, and Sudan. Also, Shimshon is the last name as well as the forename.
Shimshon is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
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| Shimshon | Poland, Israel, India, United States, Hungary |
| شمشون | Iran, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt |
| שמשון | Israel |
| Шимшон | Russia, Ukraine |
Shimshon is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Samson , the judge of ancient Israel, known for wielding supernatural strength, Judges.
| shimshon ben mordechai of slonim Polish-Lithuanian Rabbi and theologian (b. 1734) |
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| shimshon perl Victim of the Holocaust, PL (b. 1875) |
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| shimshon fefer Victim of the Holocaust, UA (b. 1885) |
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| shimshon milshtein Victim of the Holocaust, PL (b. 1890) |
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| shimshon rosenthal (b. 1915) |
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| shimshon draenger (b. 1917) |
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| shimshon zimering (b. 1933) |
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| shimshon katz American Pupa Rosh yeshiva |
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| shimshon gottesfeld chemist |
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| shimshon bichler Israeli economist |
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| shimshon frankenthal D.Sc. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1961 |
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| shimshon belkin researcher |
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| shimshon bar-ad |
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| shimshon baron |
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| shimshon daniel izakson IL (b. 1987) |
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