Samuel

Hebrew

"told by God"

Samuel Origin and Meaning

Variation of Sam

Samuel Rank in US Top 1000

# 17 in the US

Samuel Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 168 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Samuel

• 17 US 2024
• 168 Nameberry 2026
• 24 Canada 2024
• 38 Future 2035
• 60 England 2024
• 69 scotland 2024
• 72 Ireland 2024
• 46 Australia 2024
• 77 New Zealand 2024
• 66 France 2024
• 29 Germany 2025
• 60 Netherlands 2025
• 45 Italy 2024
• 41 Spain 2023
• 44 Portugal 2020
• 29 Mexico 2021
• 11 Brazil 2025
• 87 sweden 2024
• 38 Finland 2024
• 71 Belgium 2024
• 27 switzerland 2024
• 23 Austria 2024
• 97 Poland 2020
• 43 Chile 2021

20 Names Similar to Samuel

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Samuel.

• Benjamin
• Thomas
• Andrew
• William
• Daniel
• Charles
• Jacob
• Nicholas
• David
• Matthew
• Joseph
• Luke
• Patrick
• Adam
• Isaac
• Nathaniel
• Nathan
• Alexander
• Joshua
• Christopher

Famous People Named Samuel

• Samuel father of Abiah, of the tribe of Levi (1 Chr. 6:28)
• Samuel Gorton American settler and civic leader in Rhode Island
• Samuel Johnson English poet and author
• Samuel Adams American revolutionary leader
• Samuel "Sam" Houston American politician, 7th governor of Texas
• Samuel Finley Breese Morse American inventor
• Samuel Langhorne Clemens birth name of Mark Twain, American novelist
• Samuel Colt American firearm inventor
• Samuel Chandler Crafts U.S. Senator and 12th Governor of Vermont
• Samuel Louis "Sam" Warner Polish,American film producer of Warner Bros.
• Samuel Moore "Sam" Walton American founder of Wal,Mart Stores
• Samuel George "Sammy" Davis Jr. American singer, actor, dancer
• Samuel Andrew "Sam" Donaldson Jr. American news anchor
• Samuel Pack "Sam" Elliott American actor
• Samuel Leroy Jackson American actor
• Samuel Alexander Joseph "Sam" West English actor
• Samuel Pepys English diarist and politician
• Samuel Hearne English explorer
• Samuel Chao Chung Ting American physicist and Nobel prize winner
• Samuel Barclay Beckett Irish novelist and playwright
• Samuel John Everett "Sam" Loxton Australian cricketer
• Samuel Eto'o (Fils) Cameroonian footballer
• Samuel Jackson "Sam" Snead American golfer
• Samuel Barnett English actor
• Samuel "Sam" Shepard (Rogers) American playwright and actor
• Samuel Henry John "Sam" Worthington Australian actor
• Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston American actor
• Samuel Michael "Sam" Simon American TV producer and director
• Samuel "Sam" Rockwell American actor
• Samuel "Sam" Cooke American singer,songwriter
• Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownback American politician, governor of Kansas
• Samuel M "Sam" Raimi American film director and writer
• David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah American film director
• Samuel Alexander "Sam" Mendes English stage and film director
• Samuel Cohen birth name of Sammy Cahn, American songwriter
• Samuel Roy "Sammy" Hagar leader singer of American band Van Halen
• Samuel Kelvin "Sammy" Peralta Sosa Dominican baseball player
• Samuel E. Feinberg birth name of Sammy Fain, American composer
• Samuel Anthony "Sam" Mikulak American artistic gymnast
• Samuel Adrian "Sammy" Baugh American football player
• Samuel Paul "Sammy" Kershaw American country music singer
• Samuel Zarnocay Jr., birth name of Sammy Kaye, American bandleader
• Samuel Baxter "Sammy" McIlroy Northern Irish footballer
• Samuel Lee "Sammy" Green American football player
• Samuel de Luque aka Vegetta777 Spanish YouTuber
• Samuel Kim Arredondo Korean,American pop singer based in South Korea; former member of the duo 1Punch
• Samuel Umtiti French professional footballer
• Samuel Ludwik Twardowski Polish poet
• Samuel Seabury American bishop and author
• Samuel "Sam" Irons (b. 1978) English actor and photographer; son of actors Jeremy Irons and Sinéad Cusack
• Samuel Patrick son of American actor Robert Patrick
• Samuel Wyatt Cohn (b. 2006) son of American television journalist Elizabeth Vargas
• Samuel Jason "Sammy" Black (b. 2006) son of actor/musician Jack Black
• Samuel Kai Schreiber (b. 2008) son of actors Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts
• Samuel Garner Affleck (b. 2012) son of actors Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck
• Samuel Hawke Turner (b. 2014) son of country music singer Josh Turner
• Samuel Joseph (b. 2016) son of Savannah Mooney of TV's "16 and Pregnant"
• Samuel Thomas Lowe (b.2016) son of reality TV personalities Sean and Catherine Lowe
• Samuel Scott Dillard (b.2017) son of reality TV stars Jill (Duggar) and Derick Dillard
• Samuel George "Sam" Claflin English actor

The name Samuel in Pop Culture

• Samuel Llewellyn Cornick character in Mercy Thompson and Alpha and Omega by Patricia Briggs
• Samuel "Sam" Drake character from the Uncharted game series
• Samuel "Sam" Temple main character in Michael Grant's Gone series
• Samuel "Sam" Winchester character on TV's Supernatural
• Samuel "Sam" Whiskey main character in the Transformers franchise
• Samuel "Sam/Quinn" Quinn character in the Blackwood Security series by Elise Noble
• Samuel Oak Kanto professor in video game "Pokémon".
• Samuel "Sam" Healy character on TV series "Orange is the New Black"
• Samuel "Sam" Alexander aka Nova, character from Marvel Universe
• Samuel Thomas "Sam" Wilson aka Falcon, character from Marvel Universe
• Samuel Zachary "Sam" Guthrie aka Cannonball, character from Marvel Universe
• Samuel "Sammy" Lieberman character on TV series "Dance Academy"
• Samuel Norbert Avery deceased son of April Kepner and Jackson Avery on "Grey's Anatomy"
• Samuel J. Sullivan aka "Nugget", the main character from "The 5th Wave" book series by Rick Yancey
• Samuel Joseph "Sam" Scudder aka Mirror Master character from DC Universe
• Samuel Ratchett aka Lenfranco Cassetti character from Hercule Poirot series
• Samuel Adams American beer brand named after the revolutionary
• Samual Vanderboom character in Rusty Lake: Roots
• Samuel "Sam" Malone main character in "Cheers"
• Samuel "Sam" Roth character in Maggie Stiefvater's "Shiver" trilogy

International Variations of the name Samuel

• Samuelito Spanish
• Samuelis Lithuanian
• Samoyla Russian
• Shem Yiddish
• Sawyl Welsh
• Shmuel Hebrew
• Somhairle Irish
• Samvel Russian
• Samu Hungarian
• Samo Czech
• Samuil Russian
• Zamiel German
• Sami Hungarian
• Samko Czech
• Samouel Greek
• Shemuel Yiddish
• Schmuel Yiddish
• Samuli Finnish
• Samaru Japanese
• Samuka Hungarian
• Samuele Italian