Yvonne vs Samantha - What's the difference?
yvonne | samantha |
borrowed from France, in regular use since the twentieth century.
* 1896 Ernest Christopher Dowson: Yvonne of Brittany :
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* 1876 Phebe Ann Hanaford, Women of the Century , page 525:
* 1888 , (Marietta Holley), Josiah Allen's Wife as a P.A. and P.I.: Samantha at the Centennial , page 577:
* 1967 (Howard Fast), Samantha , I Books (2004), ISBN 0743479122, page 42:
* 1985 (Bobbie Ann Mason), In Country , Harper&Row, ISBN 0060154691, pages 182, 183:
As proper nouns the difference between yvonne and samantha
is that yvonne is borrowed from france, in regular use since the twentieth century while samantha is .yvonne
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- In your mother's apple orchard
- When the world was left behind:
- You were shy, so shy, Yvonne !
- But your eyes were calm and kind.
samantha
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- These country girls, as they were called, had queer names, which added to the singularity of their appearance. Samantha , Triphena, Plumy, Leafy, Ruhamah, Lovey, and Florilla were among them.
- "Its name is Samantha' Jo, after Josiah and me. - - - If it had been a boy, we was layin' out to call it Josiah Sam, - Sam for ' Samantha ."
- "Middle of the depression - who's going to give a kid a nutty name like Samantha ? Today's another matter, but around then, from what I hear, people weren't thinking about these stylish names."
- But here's my favorite name: Samuel. It's from the Bible. If it's a girl, name it Samantha . That sounds like something in a prayer, doesn't it? I think it's a name in the Chronicles. I've been reading the Bible every night." - - -
- She found the Book of Chronicles and scanned it. - - - There was no Samantha in either the first or the second book of the Chronicles.