Gender: Masculine
Usage: English French
Pronounced: SAM-yoo-el
From the Hebrew name שְׁמוּאֵל (Shemu'el) which could mean either "name of God" or "God has heard". Samuel was the last of the ruling judges in the Old Testament. He anointed Saul to be the first king of Israel, and later anointed David. A famous bearer was the American author Samuel Clemens, who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain.
Samuel
| First Name Origin: Samuel |
| Wikipedia: Samuel |
| Samuel | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Meaning | "God has heard." |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Nicknames | Sam, Sami, Sammie, Sammy, Sambo |
| Popularity | Popular names page |
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Samuel is a male given name of Hebrew origin meaning either "name of God" or "God has heard."[1]
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Masculine variants
- Sam (English)
- Samaru (Japanese)
- Sami (Finnish), (Hungarian)
- Samko (Czech)
- Sammy (English)
- Samo (Czech)
- Samouel (Koine Greek)
- Samoyla (Russian)
- Samu (Finnish), (Hungarian)
- Sámuel (Hungarian)
- Samuel (English), (French), (Polish), (Portuguese), (Spanish)
- Samuele (Italian)
- Samuelis (Lithuanian)
- Samuelito (Spanish)
- Samuhel (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Samuil (Bulgarian), (Russian)
- Samuilu (Old Church Slavonic)
- Samuka (Hungarian)
- Samuli (Finnish)
- Samvel (Russian)
- Sawyl (Welsh)
- Schmuel (Yiddish)
- Shem (Yiddish)
- Shemuel (Yiddish)
- Shemu'el (Biblical Hebrew)
- Shmuel (Hebrew)
- Somhairle (Irish)
- Zamiel (German)
Feminine variants
Individuals
The name may refer to:
Given name
- Samuel (Bible), Biblical prophet
- Books of Samuel of the Bible
- Samuel of Nehardea, Jewish Talmudist
- Samuel of Bulgaria, Emperor of the First Bulgarian Empire from 997 to 1014
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain
- Samuel Sullivan, a character in the NBC TV Series Heroes
- Samuel of hannabara, King of Hannabara a fictional town featured in the popular anime Bonzagi created My Manzacika Hannah
- Sam (name)
Surname
- Adriana Samuel (born 1966), Brazilian volleyball player
- Arthur Samuel, computer scientist
- Gene Samuel (born 1961), Trinidad and Tobago road bicycle racer and track cyclist
- Herbert Samuel first administrator of Palestine under the British Mandate, 1920-1925
- Asante Samuel, American football player
See also
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