Samuel (name)

Samuel is a first name and family name .

Origin and meaning

The name goes back to the Hebrew Shmuel (שְׁמוּאֵל), which was transcribed in Greek as Σαμουηλ ( Samuel ) . So the name already appears in the Septuagint . The Latin spelling in the Vulgate is Samuhel , the Arabic Samawʾal ( Arabic سموأل) or Ṣamwīl ( Arabic صمويل).

name day

Name day is August 20 and October 10 .

variants

Sam
Samy
Sammy
Sami (Hebrew; Arabic; Turkish; Finnish, Hungarian)
Samu
Samuil
Shmuel (Yiddish) or Shmuel (Hebrew)
Samweli ( Swahili )
Samuli (Finnish)

Name bearer

First name

Samuel (Prophet)
Samuel (Amorae) , Mar Samuel, Amorae
Samuel von Worms (also; Samuel von Lorsch; * around 785; † 857), bishop of Worms, abbot of the imperial monastery Lorsch and founder of the Cyriakus monastery in Worms-Neuhausen
Samuel ben Phöbus (around 1650 – around 1705), rabbi in Fürth (1691–1694), Talmudist
Samuel Adams (1722–1803), American statesman and revolutionary
Samuel Barber (1910–1981), American composer
Samuel ben Qalonymus he-Chasid Toraexeget, Speyer; around 1150
Samuel (Coptic Bishop) (1920–1981), Coptic Bishop
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), Irish writer
Samuel Blesendorf (1633–1699), German miniature portraitist, draftsman, engraver, enamel painter and goldsmith
Samuel "Samu" Castillejo (* 1995), Spanish soccer player
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), American writer, better known by his pseudonym Mark Twain
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), English poet
Samuel Colt (1814–1862), American inventor
Samuel Contesti (* 1983), French figure skater
Samuel Dexter (1761-1816), American politician
Samuel Eto'o (* 1981), Cameroonian football player
Samuel Faber (1657–1716), German teacher and writer
Samuel Farber (* 1939), Cuban / US-American political scientist and sociologist
Samuel Firmino de Jesus (* 1986), Brazilian soccer player
Samuel Gigot (* 1993), French football player
Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843), German doctor
Samuel Harfst (* 1986), German singer and songwriter
Samuel Ludwig Hartig (1790–1868), German organ builder in Silesia and Neumark
Samuel Hebich (1803–1868), German Protestant missionary, memorial day : May 20
Samuel P. Huntington (1927–2008), American political scientist and author
Samuel L. Jackson (born 1948), American actor
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), English writer
Samuel Lehmann (1808–1896), Swiss politician and senior medical officer in the army
Samuel Löwenfeld (1854-1891), German historian and diplomat
Samuel Merwin (1874–1936), American writer, journalist and screenwriter
Samuel E. Merwin (1831–1907), American politician
Samuel Morland , 1st Baronet (1625–1695), English scholar and mathematician
Samuel FB Morse (1791–1872), American inventor
Samuel Nujoma (* 1929), First President of Namibia
Samuel Osgood (1748–1813), American businessman and politician
Samuel Panzica (* 1992), American poker player
Samuel Ramírez Moreno (1898–1951), Mexican psychiatrist and Rector of UNAM
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (1882–1961), American politician
Samuel Rea (1855–1929), American railroad engineer and entrepreneur
Samuel Röthlisberger (* 1996), Swiss handball player
Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654), German composer
Samuel Schmid (* 1947), Swiss politician (Federal Council)
Samuel Frederick "Sam" Smith (* 1992), British singer-songwriter
Samuel M. Steward (1909-1993), American writer
Samuel Stierneld (1700–1775), Swedish field marshal
Samuel Streiff (* 1975), Swiss actor
Samuel Stutz (* 1960), Swiss television presenter
Samuel Vousden , Finnish poker player
Samuel "Sam" Waagenaar (1908–1997), Dutch photographer and author
Samuel Henry John "Sam" Worthington (* 1976), Australian actor

family name

AS Samuel (* 1906), Malaysian badminton player
Adriana Samuel Ramos (* 1966), Brazilian beach volleyball player
Adolphe Samuel (1824–1898), Belgian composer, music critic, music teacher and conductor
Ajayi Gbenga Samuel (* 1984), Nigerian soccer player
Alemaz Samuel (* 1999), Ethiopian middle distance runner
Alexandre Ramos Samuel (* 1970), Brazilian volleyball and beach volleyball player
Andreas Samuel , Polish Dominican monk in Posen and later Lutheran theologian in Prussia
Arthur L. Samuel (1901–1990), American computer and AI pioneer
Asante Samuel (* 1981), American football player
Athanasius Yeshue Samuel (1909–1995), Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan in Jerusalem (1946–1949) and Archbishop in the USA and Canada (1957–1995)
Benedict Samuel (* 1988), Australian actor, screenwriter and director
Bright Osayi-Samuel (* 1997), Nigerian-English soccer player
Cecilia Samuel (* 1920), Malaysian badminton player
Clara Samuel (1878–1962), German social worker
Collin Samuel (* 1981), soccer player from Trinidad & Tobago
Constance Wilson-Samuel (1908–1953), Canadian figure skater
David Samuel, 3rd Viscount Samuel (1922–2014), British-Israeli chemist, neurobiologist and peer
Deebo Samuel (born 1996), American football player
Edmund W. Samuel (1857–1930), American politician
Emanuel Samuel (Emanuel Osmund, Hebrew Menachem ben Shmuel; 1766–1842), Jewish banker, merchant and scholar
Evelin Samuel (* 1975), Estonian singer
Frank Samuel (1889–1954), British inventor and industry manager
Gene Samuel (* 1961), track cyclist from Trinidad and Tobago
Harold Samuel (1879–1937), English pianist and composer
Harold Samuel, Baron Samuel of Wych Cross (1912–1987), British investment entrepreneur and real estate agent
Heather Samuel (* 1970), Antiguan athlete
Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870–1963), British politician
Herbert Samuel (1907–1992), German lawyer and Nazi victim, see Max-Samuel-Haus #Herbert Samuel
Herbert Walter Samuel (1901–1982), German politician (FDP)
Jamile Samuel (* 1992), Dutch sprinter
Jlloyd Samuel (1981-2018), English football player
Joanne Samuel (born 1957), Australian actress
Laura Samuel (* 1991), British triple jumper
Marcel Samuel-Rousseau (1882–1955), French composer
Marcus Samuel (trader) (1799–1872), British entrepreneur
Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted (1853–1927), British entrepreneur
Marie Samuel Njie , Gambian singer
Martin Samuel , hairdresser for the film
Maurice Samuel (1895–1972), American author
Max Samuel (1883–1942), German entrepreneur and community chairman of the Jewish community in Rostock
Moran Samuel (* 1982), Israeli Paralympic basketball player and rower
Nicholas Samuel, 5th Viscount Bearsted (born 1950), British peer, entrepreneur and former politician (Conservative Party)
Peter Samuel, 4th Viscount Bearsted (1911–1996), British peer
Pierre Samuel (1921–2009), French mathematician
Randy Samuel (born 1963), Canadian soccer player
Richard Samuel (1900–1983), German-British Germanist
Rudolf Samuel (1897–1949), German-Israeli physicist
Salomon Samuel (1867–1942), German rabbi, philologist and author
Stuart Montagu Samuel, 1st Baron , (1856–1926) British banker and Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party
Stuart Samuel (physicist) (* 1953), American physicist
Tamrat Samuel (* 1952), Eritrean diplomat and employee of the United Nations
Vincent Samuel (* 1950), Indian clergyman, Bishop of Neyyattinkara
Walter Samuel (* 1978), Argentinian soccer player
Welbert Samuel (* 1981), Micronesian swimmer
Xavier Samuel (born 1983), Australian actor