Shmuel
SHMOO-ehl
Variation of Samuel, Hebrew
"told by God"
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Updated Mon Feb 02 2026
Shmuel Origin and Meaning
Variation of Samuel
- Shmuel Rank in US Top 1000
- Famous People Named Shmuel
- The name Shmuel in Pop Culture
- International Variations of the name Shmuel
# 980 in the US
Shmuel Rank in US Top 1000
Popularity of the name Shmuel
Famous People Named Shmuel
- Shmuel "Shmuley" BoteachAmerican Orthodox Jewish rabbi, author, TV host
- Shmuel Yosef AgnonUkrainian fiction writer
- Shmuel Tamirformer Israeli minister of justice
- Shmuel KatzIsraeli politician and writer
- Shmuel Salantformer Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem
- Shmuel haKatan, Babylonian Talmudic scholar
- H. Shmuel ErlichIsraeli psychoanalyst
The name Shmuel in Pop Culture
- Shmueltitle character in "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas"
International Variations of the name Shmuel
- ShmelkeYiddish
- ShemuelYiddish
- ShemYiddish
- ShmulkeYiddish
- ShmielYiddish
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