Samuel
Usually a boy's name
- Meaning
- Origin disputed: Hebrew 'name of God', 'God has heard', or 'God has set' Disputed
The Bible's story explains it as 'asked of God', which is a folk reading.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Popularity
US 2025: #18 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #66
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.