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Samuel

OriginHebrew
Meaning"told by God"
GenderBoy

About Samuel

Variation of Sam

As of September 2026, Samuel ranked #18 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #17 in 1880, Nameberry popularity #94.

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Famous Samuels

  • 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

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

Variations & nicknames

  • SamuelitoSpanish
  • SamuelisLithuanian
  • SamoylaRussian
  • ShemYiddish
  • SawylWelsh
  • ShmuelHebrew
  • SomhairleIrish
  • SamvelRussian
  • SamuHungarian
  • SamoCzech
  • SamuilRussian
  • ZamielGerman
  • SamiHungarian
  • SamkoCzech
  • SamouelGreek
  • ShemuelYiddish
  • SchmuelYiddish
  • SamuliFinnish
  • SamaruJapanese
  • SamukaHungarian
  • SamueleItalian

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