Samuel (name)

Samuel (Sometimes spelled Samual) is a male given name of Hebrew origin meaning either "name of God" or "God has heard" (שם האלוהים Shem Alohim) (שמע אלוהים Sh'ma Alohim). Samuel was the last of the ruling judges in the Old Testament. He anointed Saul to be the first King of Israel and later anointed David.

As a Christian name, Samuel came into common use after the Protestant Reformation. Famous bearers include the American inventor Samuel F.B. Morse (1791–1872), the Irish writer Samuel Beckett (1906–89) and the American author Samuel Clemens (1835–1910), who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain.^[1]

The name Samuel is popular among Black Africans, as well as among African Americans. It is also widespread among the modern Jewish communities, especially Sephardic Jews.

Translations

• Arabic: صموئيل (Ṣamoel), سموأل (Samawʾal), صاموئيل (Ṣamuʾil), صموئيل (Samūʾīl)
• Armenian: Սամվել (Samvel), Սամուէլ (Samuēl)
• Belarusian: Самуіл (Samuil)
• Bulgarian: Самуил (Samuil)
• Biblical Greek: Samouel
• Biblical Hebrew: Shemu'el
• Biblical Latin: Samuhel
• Chinese Simplified: 塞缪尔 (Sāimóuěr, Sàimiùěr)
• Chinese Traditional: 塞繆爾 (Sāimóuěr, Sàimiùěr)
• Czech: Samuel
• Danish: Samuel
• Dutch: Samuel
• English: Samuel
• Esperanto: Samuele
• Estonian: Saamuel
• Faroese: Sámal
• Filipino: Samuél
• Finnish: Samuel, Samuli, Sami, Samppa, Samu
• French: Samuel
• German: Samuel
• Greek: Σαμουήλ (Samouí̱l, Samouēl)
• Gujarati: સેમ્યુઅલ (Sēmyu'ala)
• Hawaiian: Kamuela
• Hebrew: סמואל, שְׁמוּאֵל (Shmu'el)
• Hindi: सैमुअल (Saimu'ala)
• Hungarian: Sámuel, Sami, Samu
• Icelandic: Samúel
• Irish: Somhairle (So-ar-la)
• Italian: Samuele
• Japanese: サミュエル (Samyueru), サムエル (Samueru), サムエル記 (Samueruki)
• Kannada: ಸ್ಯಾಮ್ಯುಯೆಲ್ (Syāmyuyel)
• Khmer: សាំយូអែល (Sayouel)
• Korean: 사무엘 (Samuel)
• Latin: Samvel
• Macedonian: Самуил (Sámuil, Samoil)
• Malayalam: ശമുവേൽ (Śamū'vēl)
• Maltese: Samwel
• Mandarin: 撒母耳 (Sāmǔ'ěr)
• Maori: Hamuera
• Marathi: शमुवेल (Śamuvēla)
• Mongolian: Самуел (Samuyel)
• Nepali: शमूएल (Śamū'ēla)
• Northern Sami: Sámmol
• Norwegian: Samuel
• Old French: Samoël
• Persian: ساموئل (Sâmo'el), سموئیل (Samo'il)
• Polish: Samuel
• Portuguese: Samuel
• Punjabi: ਸਮੂਏਲ (Samū'ēla)
• Russian: Самуил (Samuil, Samuíl), Самойло (Samojlo)
• Serbian: Самуило (Samuilo)
• Spanish: Samuel
• Swedish: Samuel
• Tamil: சாமுவேல் (Cāmuvēl)
• Telugu: శామ్యూల్ (Śāmyūl)
• Thai: ซามูเอล (Sāmūxel)
• Classical Tibetan: Šəmûʼēl
• Ukrainian: Самійло (Samíilo)
• Urdu: سیموئیل
• Welsh: Sawyl
• Yiddish: שמואל (Şmwʼl)

Feminine variants

• Samuela (Italian)
• Samuel (Dutch)
• Samantha (English)

Notable people

Samuel may refer to: (see also: Sam, Sammy, etc.)

Given name

• Samuel, Biblical prophet
• Samuel (musician) (born 1987), American indie pop artist
• Samuel of Bulgaria (r. 997–1014), Emperor of the First Bulgarian Empire
• Samuel of Nehardea (c. 165–257), Jewish Talmudist
• Samuel Aba (r. 1041–1044), third King of Hungary
• Samuel Adams (1722–1803), Founding Father of the United States
• Samuel Howell Ashbridge (1848–1906), American politician, mayor of Philadelphia
• Samuel L. M. Barlow I (1826–1889), American lawyer
• Samuel L. M. Barlow II (1892–1982), American composer
• Samuel Barnett (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Samuel Barnett (reformer) (1844–1913), English clergyman and social reformer
  • Samuel Jackson Barnett (1873–1956), American physicist, discoverer of the Barnett effect
  • Samuel Barnett (actor) (born 1980), English actor
• Samuel Berger (boxer) (1884–1925), American heavyweight boxer
• Samuel Brawand (1898–2001), Swiss politician and mountaineer
• Samuel P. Bush (1863–1948), American industrialist, patriarch of the Bush political family
• Samuel Conway (born 1965), American chemical researcher and furry convention organizer
• Samuel Clemens, birth name of Mark Twain (1835–1910), American author and humorist
• Samuel Colt (1814–1862), American inventor and industrialist
• Samuel Dunbar (1931–2014), American businessman
• Samuel Eguavoen (born 1993), American football player
• Samuel Francis Du Pont (1803–1865), Rear Admiral in the United States Navy
• Samuel Firmino de Jesus (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
• Samuel Hui (born 1948), Hong Kong Cantopop musician, singer, songwriter, and actor
• Samuel Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Samuel Goodman (cricketer) (1877–1905), American cricketer
  • Samuel Goodman (rugby union) (fl. 1920–1924), American rugby union player and manager
• Samuel Huntington (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Samuel Huntington (statesman) (1731–1796), American jurist, statesman, and revolutionary leader
  • Samuel H. Huntington (1765–1817), American jurist, Governor of Ohio
  • Samuel P. Huntington (1927–2008), American political scientist
• Samuel L. Jackson (born 1948), American film and television actor and film producer
• Samuel A. LeBlanc, I (1886–1955), American politician and judge
• Samuel McDowell (1735–1817), soldier and political leader in Kentucky
• Samuel McKinney (1807–1879), Irish-born Presbyterian minister in the American South
• Samuel Mills (disambiguation), multiple people
• Samuel Moore Morgan, Jr. (1922–1982), American politician from Louisiana
• Samuel Eliot Morison (1887–1976), American historian, professor, and Rear Admiral
• Samuel Morse (1791–1872), American inventor and artist
• Samuel Mosberg, American Olympic champion lightweight boxer
• Samuel Mukooza (born 1989), Ugandan basketball player
• Samuel Ogeh (born 1968), Rivers State politician
• Samuel Allyne Otis (1740–1814), Secretary of the United States Senate
• Samuel Hartt Pook (1827–1901), American naval architect
• Samuel Rabin (1905–1993), American lawyer and politician
• Samuel Rabin (artist) (1903–1991) English sculptor, artist, and Olympic bronze medal wrestler
• Samuel Rappaport (fl. 1971–1984), American politician from Pennsylvania
• Samuel Rosa (born 1966), lead singer and guitarist of Brazilian rock band Skank
• Samuel José da Silva Vieira, (born 1974) Brazilian footballer
• Samuel Wilson (born 1993), notable New Zealand Engineer
• Samuel Winslow (1862–1940), American politician from Massachusetts
• Samuel Witwer (born 1977), American actor and musician
• Samuel Merrill Woodbridge (1819–1905), American clergyman, theologian, author, and professor

Surname

A-C

• Abraham Samuel (died 1705), mulatto pirate of the Indian Ocean
• Adolphe Samuel (1824–1898), Belgian music critic, conductor and composer
• Adriana Samuel (born 1966), Brazilian volleyball player
• Albert Samuel (c. 1876–1963), New Zealand politician
• Alexander Lyle-Samuel (1883–1942), English businessman and politician
• Amado Samuel (born 1938), former American baseball player
• Ananda Rao Samuel (1928–1999), Indian bishop
• Andy Samuel (1909–1992), American child actor
• Anthony Samuel, Cook Islander professional rugby league footballer
• António da Silva Samuel (born 1966 in Guinea-Bissau), Portuguese football player
• Archie Samuel (1866–1875), half-brother of American outlaws Frank and Jesse James
• Arthur Samuel, 1st Baron Mancroft (1872–1942), British politician
• Arthur Samuel (1901–1990), American computer scientist
• Asante Samuel (born 1981), American football player
• Basil Samuel (1912–1987), British founder of property company Great Portland Estates
• Benedict Samuel (born 1988), Australian actor, writer and director
• Bernard Samuel (1880–1954), American politician, mayor of Philadelphia
• Charles Samuel (1862–1939), Belgian sculptor, engraver and medalist
• Charlesworth Samuel (died 2008), Antiguan politician
• Christmas Samuel (1674–1764), Welsh Independent minister and writer
• Christophe Samuel (born 1961), Malagasy politician
• Clifford Samuel, British actor
• Collin Samuel (born 1981), Trinidadian footballer

D-I

• Daphnée Duplaix Samuel (born 1976), American actress and model
• David Samuel (disambiguation)
• Eboule Bille Samuel (born 1982), Cameroonian football player
• Edmund W. Samuel (1857–1930), American politician
• Edwin Samuel, 2nd Viscount Samuel (1898–1978), British politician
• Ester Samuel-Cahn (1933-2015), Israeli statistician and educator
• Eugênio da Silva Samuel (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
• Evelin Samuel (born 1975), Estonian singer, actress and writer
• Flora Samuel, British architect, author and academic
• Fred Samuel (1897–c.1941), Welsh rugby player
• Gene Samuel (born 1961), Trinidad and Tobago road bicycle racer and track cyclist
• Glyn Samuel (1917–1985), Welsh cricketer
• Graeme Samuel (born 1946), Australian businessman
• Haile Samuel, Eritrean general
• Harold Samuel (1879–1937), English pianist and pedagogue
• Harold Samuel, Baron Samuel of Wych Cross (1912–1987), British founder of property company Land Securities
• Sir Harry Simon Samuel (1853–1934), English politician
• Heather Samuel (born 1970), retired sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda
• Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, (1870–1963), British politician and diplomat
• Howel Walter Samuel (1881–1953), British politician
• Ian Samuel (1915–2010), Royal Air Force pilot, British diplomat, director of chemical and agrochemical trade associations

J-P

• James Samuel (1824–1874), British railway engineer
• Jamile Samuel (born 1992), Dutch sprinter
• Jhon Samuel (born 1984), British Virgin Islands footballer
• Jlloyd Samuel (born 1981), Trinidadian footballer
• Joanne Samuel (born 1957), Australian actress
• John Samuel (1868–1947), Welsh rugby player
• John S. Samuel (1913–2002), U.S. Air Force general
• Jonathan Samuel (1852/3–1917), British manufacturer and politician
• Joseph Samuel (c. 1780–1806), English criminal who survived execution
• Juan Samuel (born 1960) Dominican-American baseball player
• Judy Samuel (born 1943), British swimmer
• Khari Samuel (born 1976), American football player
• Leighton Samuel, Welsh businessman, owner of football teams
• Lissy Samuel (born 1967), Indian cricketer
• Dame Louise Samuel (died 1925), English suffragist and charity worker
• Mar Samuel (1909–1995), Metropolitan and Archbishop of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch, buyer of the Dead Sea scrolls
• Marcus Samuel (disambiguation)
• Martin Samuel (born 1964), British journalist
• Maurice Samuel (1895–1972), Romanian-born British and American novelist, translator and lecturer
• Moses Samuel (1795–1860), British clockmaker, translator of Hebrew works and writer
• Myron Samuel (born 1992), Vincentian footballer
• Oliver Samuel (1849–1925), New Zealand politician
• Pamela Richards Samuel (born 1959), U.S. Virgin Islander politician
• Peter Samuel, 4th Viscount Bearsted (1911–1996), British soldier and banker
• Pierre Samuel (1921–2009), French mathematician

R-X

• Randy Samuel (born 1963), Trinidadian-Canadian soccer player, manager and coach
• Raphael Samuel (1934–1996), British historian
• Reuben Samuel (1828–1908), stepfather of American outlaws Frank and Jesse James
• Rhian Samuel (born 1944), Welsh composer
• Richard Samuel (fl.1770–1786), English portrait painter
• Richard Samuel (prefect) (born 1952), French prefect
• Robert Samuel (died 1555), English priest, one of the Ipswich Martyrs
• Samuel Samuel (1855–1934), British businessman and politician
• Sandra Samuel (born c. 1964), Indian nanny who saved the life of a two-year-old child during Mumbai terrorist attacks in 2008
• Sir Saul Samuel (1820–1900), Australian colonial merchant, politician and pastoralist
• Seal Henry Samuel (born 1963), British musician commonly known simply as Seal
• Shandel Samuel (born 1982), Vincentian footballer
• Sigmund Samuel (1868–1962), Canadian industrialist
• Silvio Samuel (born 1975), Nigerian professional bodybuilder
• Stanley Bernard Stephen Samuel (born 1986), Malaysian footballer
• Thangadurai Samuel, Indian classical guitarist
• Tony Samuel (born 1955), American football coach and former player
• Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted, (1882–1948), British soldier, company chairman and art collector
• Walter Samuel (born 1978), Argentine footballer for Inter Milan
• Wolfgang W.E. Samuel (born 1935), German-born American author and veteran of the U.S. Air Force
• Xavier Samuel (born 1983), Australian actor

See also

• Books of Samuel of the Bible
• Samael, a similar name
• Shmuel (disambiguation), Hebrew equivalent of Samuel
• Kamuela, Hawaiian equivalent of Samuel

Notes