Given name
Sámuel
Sámuel is a masculine given name. It is used in Hungarian and Faroese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Sámuel comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From Latin Samuel, from Ancient Greek Σαμουήλ, from Hebrew שמואל.
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Sámuel’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Sámuel has a diminutive in SAMU. In Hungarian usage, Sámuel has a conventional equivalent in the English form Samuel.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sámuel has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
2 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sámuel
- Sámuel TelekiHungarian explorer (1845–1916)
- Sámuel MikovinySlovak cartographer, engineer-surveyor, mathematician, astronomer and polymath1700–1750
- Sámuel GyarmathiHungarian anthropologist, linguist and physician (1751–1830)
- Sámuel BrassaiHungarian linguist, pedagogue, natural scientist, mathematician, musician, philosopher, essay writer (c.1800–1897)1797–1897
- Samuel GoldHungarian physician and journalist (1835–1920)
- Samuel GenersichHungarian botanist (1768-1844)
- Samuil Vulcan18-19th century bishop1758–1839
- Sámuel JósikaHungarian politician (1848–1923)
- Sámuel MajorHungarian association football playerborn 2002
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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