Shmuel
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning god has heard; hebrew form of Samuel.
How Shmuel has moved
View as table
| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2017 | #940 |
| 2022 | #936 |
| 2023 | #929 |
| 2024 | #980 |
| 2025 | #923 |
Shmuel by the numbers
In 2025, 19 babies in England and Wales were named Shmuel. In the US, 214 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Other names that come from Samuel
Like Shmuel, each of these traces back to Samuel: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- SamGod has heard; form of Samuel115 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sammygod has heard; a form of Samuel28 in England and Wales (2025)
- SammieGod has heard; a form of Samuel56 in the US (2017)
- Sammihis name is God; diminutive of Samuel or Samantha26 in the US (2017)
- Samuelagod has heard; feminine form of Samuel12 in the US (2017)
- SamuellaGod has heard; a feminine form of Samuel10 in the US (2017)
- Saelasked of God; a form of Samuel9 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shmuel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- SamuelGod has heard10,339 in the US (2017)
- ShmielGod has heard; a form of Shmuel33 in the US (2017)
- ShemuelGod has heard; a form of Samuel6 in the US (2017)
- Samaelseverity of god; angel name in jewish tradition27 in the US (2017)
- SamualGod has heard; a variant spelling of Samuel22 in the US (2017)
- SammuelGod has heard; a spelling variant of Samuel21 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Shmuel, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Shmuel
Nobody has voted for Shmuel yet
Vote for Shmuel and put it up against all the other baby names
Vote for Shmuel