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Samuel
Pronounced /ˈsæmjuːəl/
Rank in 2024
#12,360
Born in 2024
7
Peak year
1985 · #1762
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for boys:8,310 in 2024 (#17)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 7 girls were named Samuel, about 1 in every 230,455.
- It peaked in 1985 with 64 babies, ranked #1762.
- It first shows up in the records in 1890.
- 2,880 girls have been named Samuel since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Samuel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 295 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 364 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 435 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 524 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 720 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 381 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 139 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
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.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈsæmjuːəl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Samuel, CC BY-SA 4.0.