Shemu'el

Original Hebrew form of SAMUEL.

SAMUEL   male   English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name שְׁמוּאֵל (Shemu'el) which could mean either "name of God" or "God has heard". As told in the Books of Samuel in the Old Testament, Samuel was the last of the ruling judges. He led the Israelites during a period of domination by the Philistines, who were ultimately defeated in battle at Mizpah. Later he anointed Saul to be the first king of Israel, and even later anointed his successor David.

As a Christian name, Samuel came into common use after the Protestant Reformation. Famous bearers include American inventor Samuel Morse (1791-1872), Irish writer Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), and American author Samuel Clemens (1835-1910), who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain.
EQUIVALENTS
BIBLICAL GREEK: Samouel
BIBLICAL LATIN: Samuhel
BIBLICAL: Samuel
BULGARIAN: Samuil
CZECH: Samuel
DANISH: Samuel
DUTCH: Samuel
ENGLISH: Samuel
FINNISH: Samuel, Samuli
FRENCH: Samuel
GERMAN: Samuel
HEBREW: Shmuel
HUNGARIAN: Sámuel
ITALIAN: Samuele
JEWISH: Samuel
MACEDONIAN: Samoil
NORWEGIAN: Samuel
OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Samuilu
POLISH: Samuel
PORTUGUESE: Samuel
RUSSIAN: Samuil
SLOVAK: Samuel
SPANISH: Samuel
SWEDISH: Samuel
WELSH: Sawyl
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Sam, Sammie, Sammy
FINNISH: Sami, Samppa, Samu
HUNGARIAN: Samu
FEMININE FORMS
ITALIAN: Samuela
OTHER FORMS
DUTCH: Samantha
ENGLISH: Sam, Samantha, Sammi, Sammie, Sammy
ITALIAN: Samanta, Samantha
SPANISH: Samanta