Given name
Sámal
Sámal is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Faroese.
Meaning & origin
Sámal’s family of names
In Faroese usage, Sámal has a conventional equivalent in the English form Samuel.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sámal has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
1 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sámal
- Sámal Petur í Grundpoliticianborn 1958
- Sámal Johansenwriter (1899-1991)
- Sámal Pætursson LamhaugePrime Minister of the Faroe Islands1700–1752
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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