To me,
Natalie and
Amanda are "classics"* while
Samantha is more "80's". However, I actually like
Samantha better than those other names.
I have a cousin named
Samantha '
Sam'. I like
Sam and
Samantha. I think they both have a better feel than a lot of the names from that era-- they don't sound bossy or girly or anything. They sound like names that would belong to an honest sort of person (unlike
Jennifer,
Melissa, etc).
Samantha is slightly earthy and
Sam is slightly athletic IMO.
*(relatively. Obviously not as classic as some other names, but they seem to have more of a range of when they were popular. I wouldn't be surprised to meet a
Natalie or
Amanda of almost any age.)
This message was edited 4/24/2014, 3:13 PM