Samuel

Male given name

Instance of: male given name
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1.Stated in Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources
2.gw.geneanet.org/cgcshb?f=Anciens_maires_Conflans&lang=fr&m=NOTES
3.Stated in Wykaz imion używanych w Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej
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Samuel is a male name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "name of God", deriving from the Hebrew Shem (שֵׁם) + ʾĒl. However, from the explanation given in 1 Samuel 1:20, the name could alternatively come from a contraction of the Hebrew שְׁאִלְתִּיו מֵאֵל, meaning "I have asked/borrowed him from God". This is the verse in which the Prophet Samuel's mother Hannah names her son, after praying that she would be able to give birth. Her prayers having been answered, she dedicates the child to God as a Nazirite. 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.

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Family name identical to this given name: Samuel
Said to be the same as: Sámuel
Sam
Samuele
Shmuel
Sammuel
Samuli
Samuil
Samuell
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Samiilo
Samuil
Name day: February 21 country: Norway
September 1 country: Sweden
Different from: Samuel criterion used: given name has to use a different item than disambiguation pages
Native label: Samuel
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1.stv-fsg.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/stvfsgch/Sportarten/Kunstturnen/Wettkaempfe/smj_m_2019_Startliste_df.pdf
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Samuel
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1.Stated in Wykaz imion używanych w Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej
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Script: Latin script
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1.gw.geneanet.org/cgcshb?f=Anciens_maires_Conflans&lang=fr&m=NOTES
2.stv-fsg.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/stvfsgch/Sportarten/Kunstturnen/Wettkaempfe/smj_m_2019_Startliste_df.pdf
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Soundex: S540
Cologne phonetics: 865
Caverphone: SM1111
Language: Finnish
Dutch
English
Czech
Polish
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1.Stated in Wykaz imion używanych w Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej
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Attested in: frequency of first names in the Netherlands, 2010 quotation: Samuel · quantity: 4,127
list of the most frequent given names at birth in Rotterdam (1811–1913) quantity: 568 · quotation: Samuel
Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich quantity: 126 · criterion used: reference work entry
Wykaz imion używanych w Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej quotation: Samuel
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1.mbc.malopolska.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=24254Retrieved 2023-08-28
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Nickname: Sam statement is subject of: hypocorism
Sammy statement is subject of: hypocorism
Named after: Samuel
Transliteration or transcription: Замуэль
Patronym or matronym for this name: Samuelsdotter
Samuelsdatter
Samuelsen
Samuelson
Samuelsson
Samuelis

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