Name: Samuel
Gender: Male
Usage: Samuel, of biblical origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Samuel are in general originating from Belgium, Chile, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Samuel across the world, see Shmuel, Samuël.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Samuel is: God hears.
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Numerology of the first name Samuel: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Samuel is ranked on the 309th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 2008700 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.028% of the population. The name Samuel has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Samuel for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Samuel (Sometimes spelled Samual) is a male given name of Hebrew origin meaning either "name of God" (שם האלוהים Shm Alohim) (שמע אלוהים Shma Alohim). 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.
As a Christian name, Samuel came into common use after the Protestant Reformation. Famous bearers include the American inventor Samuel Morse (1791–1872), the Irish writer Samuel Beckett (1906–89) and the American author Samuel Clemens (1835–1910), who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain.
Biblical name (Hebrew Shemuel), possibly meaning ‘He (God) has hearkened’ (presumably to the prayers of a mother for a son). It may also be understood as a contracted form of Hebrew sha'ul me'el meaning ‘asked of God’. In the case of Samuel the son of Hannah, this would be more in keeping with his mother's statement ‘Because I have asked him of the Lord’ (1 Samuel 1: 20). Living in the 11th century BC, Samuel was a Hebrew judge and prophet of the greatest historical importance, who established the Hebrew monarchy, anointing as king both Saul and, later, David. In the Authorized Version two books of the Old Testament are named after him, although in Roman Catholic and Orthodox versions of the Bible they are known as the first and second Book of Kings. The story of Samuel being called by God while still a child serving in the house of Eli the priest (1 Samuel 3) is of great vividness and has moved countless generations.
In England and America the name was particularly popular among the 17th-century Puritans and among Nonconformists from the 17th to the 19th century. It has always been a common Jewish name, and in Gaelic Scotland it has sometimes been used as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Somhairle (see Somerled).
Cognates: Welsh: Sawyl. Hebrew: Shmuel. Russian: Samuil; Samoyla (vernacular form).
Short form: English: Sam.
Pet form: English: Sammy.
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