Samiel

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A hot desert wind, simoom

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/sæmjɛl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Samiel is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 102K(measured from records)
  • FIFinland1 in 293K
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 728K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

205 people, 2020

Sources
83 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 102K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A hot desert wind, simoom.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Samiel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Samiel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2051 in 1.6M184Samiel83
BR Brazil1321 in 1.6M132——
SE Sweden1001 in 102K100—4
FI Finland191 in 293K35——
NG Nigeria≈7 est.≈1 in 32M—Samiel8
CR Costa Rica71 in 728K7——
DK Denmark51 in 1.2M5——
GY Guyana11 in 750K1—1

205 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Samiel is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, India

    Also written Sãmīël

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Samiel,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 30 sources across 21 countries.

Official registers attesting Samiel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020184#37,821
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022132—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—132#33,941
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—100#8,538
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)201089—
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—77#22,206
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)202069—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201964—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201861—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201756—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)200055—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201653—

Reference works 1

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Samiel mean, and where does it come from?
A hot desert wind, simoom. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Samiel?
A machine transcription gives /sæmjɛl/ (IPA) for English.
Is Samiel a male or female name?
Samiel is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Samiel have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 205 people named Samiel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled samiel.
Where is Samiel most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Samiel is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 102 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Samiel?
In the United States, the national register counted 205 people named Samiel in 2020, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Samiel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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