Samuel

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Pronounced： [ SAM-yoo-əl (English), SAM-yəl (English), sah-MWEL (Spanish), SAH-moo-el (Swedish, Finnish) ]
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Usage：English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Swedish, Norwegian, Dani

Meaning & History：

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.... [more]

Names related to Samuel：

EQUIVALENTS

BIBLICAL GREEK: Samouel

BIBLICAL HEBREW: Shemu'el

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