Given name & surname
Samuell
“asked of God”
Samuell is a variant of Samuela. In Hebrew use, Samuela carries the interpretation “asked of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Samuell is a variant of Samuela. In Hebrew use, Samuela carries the interpretation “asked of God.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Samuell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 201
- 201 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 225 as a first name in 2020; 246 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Samuell’s family of names
Samuell has a related form in Samuela.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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