Forename Samuel

In the world, Samuel (Samuel , שמואל , صموئيل , and others...) is a prevalent principally masculine, but very seldom feminine given name. The first name Samuel is characteristic of Israel, where it is a common masculine name, Ghana, and Nigeria, where it is a common largely boy's, but seldom feminine name (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Nigeria, the United States, and Brazil. Also, Samuel is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Samuel is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Samuel

name Samueł, name 塞缪尔, name Sâmûèl, name Shmuel, name Sâmûêl, name صموئيل, name Samantha, name Сэм, name سام, name Сэмюэль, name Sàmùel, name Самуэл, name Sámuel, name Самійло, name Sàmùèl, name Šamuel, name ساموئل, name Самвел, name Самуель, name שילם, name Samuél, name Самуил, name ซามูเอล, name סמואל, name Sâmuel, name Samúel, name サミュエル, name Sàmuel, name Samuil, name Сем, name Samuli, name סם, name Самойла, name שמואל, name Самуел, name Saamu, name Samuèl, name Samuele, name Šãműéł, name Samuël, name Шмуэль, name Sam, name Սամուել, name Sàmūel, name سامويل, name Šâmûêl, name Sami, name Samuêl, name Шмуел, name Samuel, name Samueĺ, name Морзе, name Samel, name Самюэль, name Samuell, name Сэмюэл, name Самуэль, name Śàmúèl, name サム, name Sammuel, name Sámúél, name Samùel

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Samuel	Nigeria, Ghana, Brazil, United States, Kenya
סמואל, שמואל	Israel
صموئيل	Egypt, Sudan, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan
Самуил	Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Russia, Lithuania
Самуэль	Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Russia
塞缪尔	China
Самуел	Ukraine, Russia, Armenia
サミュエル	Japan
Сэмюэл	Belarus, Russia, Lithuania, Ukraine
ساموئل	Iran
Сэмюэль	Russia

First names said to be same

Saamu, Sam, Samantha, Samel, Sami, Sammuel, Samuele, Samuell, Samueĺ, Samueł, Samuil, Samuli, Samuèl, Samuél, Samuêl, Samuël, Samùel, Samúel, Shmuel, Sàmuel, Sàmùel, Sàmùèl, Sàmūel, Sámuel, Sámúél, Sâmuel, Sâmûèl, Sâmûêl, Śàmúèl, Šamuel, Šâmûêl, Šãműéł, Морзе, Самвел, Самойла, Самуель, Самуэл, Самюэль, Самійло, Сем, Сэм, Шмуел, Шмуэль, Սամուել, סם, שילם, سام, سامويل, ซามูเอล, サム,

First name Samuel in the context

Samuel is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Samuel , the biblical figure, Acts of the Apostles; Samuel Drake , the video game character from Uncharted, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End; Samuel Jordan , the Resident Evil character, Resident Evil: Resistance; Samuel Kirk , the character in the Star Trek media franchise, Star Trek: The Original Series and Samuel Pickwick , the fictional character, The Pickwick Papers, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	samuel of nehardea Babylonian rabbi (c.165-c.254), IQ (b. 165)
	samuel ben nahman Israeli rabbi (b. 300)
	samuel the confessor Egyptian saint (b. 597)
	samuel z kalamun (b. 597)
	samuel von worms (b. 785)
	samuel of bulgaria Bulgarian ruler (b. 958)
	samuel of kamrjadzor Armenian cleric and musician (b. 940)
	samuel marochitanus Moroccan author of the second half of the 11th century (b. 1001)
	samuel ben hofni Last gaon of Sura (b. 1000)
	samuel anetsi (b. 1105)
	samuel ben qalonymus he-chasid Rabbi from Hasidei Ashkenaz, DE (b. 1100)
	samuel ben natronai 12th-century German Tosafist, IT (b. 1100)
	samuel ben hananya abou mansour Egyptian rabbi, EG (b. 1100)
	samuel ben isaac ha-sardi (b. 1190)
	samuel ibn tibbon French Orthodox rabbi, FR (b. 1150)