Samuel
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| Samuel | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Meaning | "God has heard." |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Nicknames | Sam, Sami, Sammie, Sammy, |
| Popularity | Popular names page |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with "Samuel " |
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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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[edit] 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)
[edit] Feminine variants
[edit] Individuals
The name may refer to:
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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
[edit] See also
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