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[ syll. le-muel, lem-u-el ] The boy name Lemuel is pronounced LehMYuwL †. Lemuel's language of origin is Hebrew and it is used largely in the English language. The name's meaning is 'belonging to God'. Lem (English short form) is a variant of Lemuel. Lemuel is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1906 with 0.025% of baby boys being given the name Lemuel. It ranked at #348 then. The baby name has since experienced a substantial drop in popularity, and is of only infrequent use today. Among all boy names in its group, Lemuel was nonetheless the most widely used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Lemuel include Lonell (English), Lonnell (English), Leonel (English and Spanish), Leonello (Italian), Lionel (English and French), Lionell (English), and Lyonel (English).
† approx pronunciation for Lemuel: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
