Samuel

Samuel \sa-muel, sam-u-el\ is a boy's name. It consists of 6 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Samuel is pronounced in English as SAEMYahL or SAEMYuwahL ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Samuel: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"

What is the origin of Samuel?

Samuel is an English, French, German, and Hebrew name of Hebrew origin. The name's meaning is God has heard; asked of God. The name could be derived from Shemuel (Hebrew) or Shmuel (Hebrew), of the elements 'shama' (to hear) and 'el' (God, powerful), or else as a contraction of the Hebrew 'shaul meel' (asked of God). It was borne in the Bible by the prominent 11th century BC judge and prophet who gave his name to two books of the Old Testament; his mother stated that she had Samuel because she 'asked him of the Lord'. The name has traditionally been a Jewish name; it was later widely adopted by English Puritans in the 17th century. In Scotland, it is taken as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Somhairle. The short form Sam is found in Uncle Sam, the personification of the United States (US); the term has been used since 1812. The name Samuela name popularity (English and Italian) is the female form of Samuel. Samuel is a widely used name; it has 48 variants that are used in both English and other languages.

Other versions used in English Samel pronounciation, Sammea name, Sammee name, Sammel name popularity, Sammey meaning and origin, Sammi meaning of name, meaning of Sammoel, Sammuel name popularity, Samoel name popularity, Samuele meaning (also used in Italian), Samuell name, what does the name Samuello mean, Samuelo meaning and origin, short names for Samuka, Samule name, name Samwell meaning, Sem name variations, name Zamuel origin, and baby name Zanvil. Other English forms the short forms nicknames for Sam and Shem meaning of name (also used in Yiddish), the diminutive forms Sambo meaning and origin, Sammie meaning and origin, and Sammy meaning, and the variant spelling nicknames for Samual. Foreign variants of Samuel Kamuela definition (Hawaiian), short names for Safwyl (Welsh), Samaru meaning of name (Japanese), meaning of Samko (Czech), name Samo origin (Czech), what does the name Samouel mean (Greek), name Samoyla meaning (Russian), Samuelis meaning and origin (Lithuanian), Samuil name popularity (Russian and Slavic), Samuli definition (Finnish), name Samuru (Japanese), short names for Samvel (Russian), name Samy meaning (French), baby name Sawel (Welsh), Sawyl meaning (Welsh), name Schmuel origin (Yiddish), name Shemuel meaning (Yiddish), name Shmuel meaning (Hebrew), Simão meaning of name (Portuguese), meaning of Somhairle (Irish), and Zamiel meaning of name (German). Specific foreign variants the diminutive forms Sami definition (Finnish and Hungarian) and Samu pronounciation (Hungarian). See also the related forms, Jean Samuel name popularity and José Samuel meaning and origin (Spanish). Samuel is very popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1960s. Its usage peaked in 2001 with 0.715% of baby boys being given the name Samuel. It ranked at #26 then. In 2010, its usage was 0.579% and its ranking #24, and it was the most popular among all boy names in its group. In 2010, 22 times more boys were named Samuel than the subsequent ranked name, Sam definition.

The following famous people share the name Samuel:

• Actor Samuel L
• Jackson, born 21 December 1948
• Artist Samuel F
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• Morse, born Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 27 April 1791 - 2 April 1872, Charlestown, Massachusetts
• Author Samuel Beckett, born 13 April 1906 - 22 December 1989, Dublin, Ireland
• Author Samuel R
• Delany, born 1 April 1942, New York, New York
• Author Samuel Johnson, born 18 September 1709 - 13 December 1784, Lichfield, England
• Author Samuel Pepys, born 23 February 1633 - 16 May 1703, London, England
• Inventor Samuel Colt, born 19 July 1814 - 10 January 1862, Hartford, Connecticut
• Lawyer Samuel Alito, born Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr., 1 April 1950, Trenton, New Jersey
• Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, born 21 October 1772 - 25 July 1834, Devonshire, England.

List of baby names Samuel:

what does the name Samal mean (Hebrew), name Samel (English), what does the name Sammel mean (English), short names for Sammoel, nicknames for Sammuel, name Samoel, Samuelo name, Samule meaning of name, Samwell name, Shanle meaning and origin, Shanlea meaning, Shanlee meaning of name, name Shanleigh, Shanley meaning and origin (English), Shanli name, name Shanlie origin, baby name Shanly, Shannlea meaning of name, Shannlee pronounciation, and Shannley name popularity.

The baby name Samuel fun facts:

The name Samuel in reverse order is "Leumas".

The numerological value of the name Samuel is number 8, which means practical endeavors, status oriented, power-seeking, high-material goals.

How popular is Samuel?

Samuel is in the top names in USA.