Samuel ( name ) - wikipedia Samuel ( name ) Samuel Samuel anointing David Pronunciation / ˈsæmjuːəl, - jəl / French : ( samɥɛl ) Spanish : ( saˈmwel ) BrazilianPortuguese : ( sɐmuˈew ) German : ( ˈzaːmuːʔeːl ) Finnish : ( ˈsɑmuel ) Slovak : ( ˈsamuɛl ) Gender male Origin Word / name Hebrew Meaning `` Name of God '' Other names Nickname ( s ) Sam, Sami, Sammie, Sammy Related names Lemuel, Sam, Sammy, Samantha, Sameth, Samberg, Séamus, Shmuel Samuel ( Sometimes spelled Samual ) is a male given name and a surname of Hebrew origin meaning either `` name of God '' or `` God has heard '' ( שם האלוהים Shem HaElohim ) ( שמע אלוהים Sh'ma Elohim ). 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. 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. It is also quite popular in countries that speak English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese, as well as Ireland, Scotland, Scandinavia, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. Contents 1 Translations 2 Feminine variants 3 Notable people 3.1 Given name 3.2 Surname 3.2. 1 A-C 3.2. 2 D-I 3.2. 3 J-P 3.2. 4 R-X 4 See also 5 Notes 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 Shamu'el Biblical Latin : Samuhel Burmese : ဆမ်မြူရယ် ( Sam, myu, yal ) Chinese Simplified : 塞 缪 尔 ( Sāimóuěr, Sàimiùěr ) Chinese Traditional : 塞 繆 爾 ( Sāimóuěr, Sàimiùěr ) Czech : Samuel Danish : Samuel Dutch : Samuel English : Samuel, Sam, Sammy 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 ) Kannada : ಸ್ಯಾಮ್ಯುಯೆಲ್ ( Syāmyuyel ) Khmer : សាំ យូអែល ( Samyouel ) Korean : 사무엘 ( Samuel ) Latin : Samuel 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, Samuel, Shamil ), Самойло ( Samojlo ) Serbian : Самуило ( Samuilo ) Shona : Samero or Samere Slovak : Samuel Spanish : Samuel Swedish : Samuel Tamil : சாமுவேல் ( Cāmuvēl ) Telugu : శామ్యూల్ ( Śāmyūl ) Thai : ซา มู เอ ล ( Sāmūxel ) Classical Tibetan : Šəmûʼēl Ukrainian : Самійло ( Samíilo ) Urdu : سیموئیل Welsh : Sawyl Yiddish : שמואל ( Şmwʼl ) Yoruba : Samueli Feminine variants Samuela Samantha Notable people Samuel may refer to : ( see also : Sam, Sammy, etc. ) Given name Samuel ( 11th century BC ), 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 ), Khazar Talmudist Samuel Aba ( r. 1041 -- 1044 ), third King of Hungary Samuel Adams ( 1722 -- 1803 ), Founding Father of the United States Samuel Hines, Sr. ( 1912 - 2007 ), American Farmer, and owner of Hines Town Rd. And Hines Farm in North Carolina Samuel Arredondo ( born 2002 ), American singer based in the Republic of Korea Samuel Howell Ashbridge ( 1848 -- 1906 ), American politician, mayor of Philadelphia Samuel Barber ( 1910 - 1981 ), American composer 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 Edmund Sewall ( 1799 - 1888 ), American lawyer, abolitionist, and suffragist 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 `` Sam '' Fuld ( born 1981 ), American major league baseball outfielder 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 Sam Hines Jr. ( 1989 ), American Singer, Writer, Producer, Actor, Entrepreneur, and Publisher Samuel `` Shemp '' Howard ( birth name Shmuel Horwitz ), American actor and comedian, one of the original Three Stooges Samuel Hui ( born 1948 ), Hong Kong Cantopop musician, singer, songwriter, and actor 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 Johnson ( born 1709 ), English writer Samuel A. LeBlanc I ( 1886 -- 1955 ), American politician and judge Samuel `` Sam '' Match ( 1923 -- 2010 ), American tennis player Samuel `` Sam '' McCullum ( born 1952 ), American football wide receiver 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 Rothschild ( 1899 -- 1987 ), Canadian ice hockey player Samuel Sewall ( 1652 -- 1730 ), Puritan judge, involved in Salem witch trials Samuel Sewall ( 1757 -- 1814 ), American congressman Samuel Tinsley ( 1847 - 1903 ), English chess player Samuel José da Silva Vieira, ( born 1974 ) Brazilian footballer Samuel Wilson ( 1766 -- 1854 ), American meatpacker and source of Uncle Sam 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 Samuel White ( disambiguation ) multiple people including : Samuel A. White ( 1823 -- 1878 ), American politician Samuel Albert White ( 1870 -- 1954 ), Australian ornithologist Samuel White ( Massachusetts ) ( 1710 -- 1769 ), lawyer in the Province of Massachusetts Bay Samuel White ( U.S. politician ) ( 1770 -- 1809 ), lawyer and U.S. Senator from Delaware 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 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 Moran Samuel ( born 1982 ), Israeli paralympic basketball player and world champion rower 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 Jump up ^ Behindthename.com Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. 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Question: what does the name samuel mean in the bible
Answer: either "name of God" or "God has