Samuel
\sa.mɥɛl\♂French boy's name
A French boy's name of Latin origin, first recorded around Vers 1100.
At a glance
| Gender | Masculine |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| First recorded | Vers 1100 |
| Pronunciation | \sa.mɥɛl\ |
| Also spelled | Samuël |
Origin and meaning
From Latin Samuēl, from Ancient Greek Σαμουήλ (Samouḗl), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל (šəmûʾēl, literally “'God has set' or 'God has placed'”). Taken to mean a contraction of popular folk etymology שְׁאִלְתִּיו מֵאֵל (“I have asked/borrowed him from God”) (Modern: Šəʾīltīv mēʾĒl, Tiberian: Šĭʾīltīw mēʾĒl) by way of שָׁאוּל מֵאֵל (“asked/borrowed from God”) from 1 Samuel 1:20.
Where it is mostly given
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- United States
- Malta
- Portugal
- Spain
- France
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Germany
Around the world
- BretonShmouel
- CorsicanSamuellu
- IrishSamúéil
- GreekΣαμουήλ
- HungarianSámuel
- ItalianSamuele
- Japaneseサムエル
- LatinSamuelis
- LatvianSamuēl
- LithuanianSamuelis
- RussianСамуил
- UkrainianСамуїл
Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0).