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Shmuel - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Shmuel

[ syll. (s)hmuel, sh-mu-el ] The boy name Shmuel is pronounced as -SHMYuwL KEY. Shmuel's origin, as well as its use, is in the Hebrew language. Shmuel is a variant form of the name Samuel (English, French, and German).

Shmuel is not popular as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000. Out of the family of boy names directly related to Shmuel, Samuel (English, French, and German) was the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Shmuel include Schmuel (Yiddish), Samuele (Italian), Cemal (Arabic, English, and Turkish), Samel (English), Sammel (English), Samouel (Greek), Samuel (English, French, and German), Shemuel (Yiddish), Sunil (Indian), Samoyla (Russian), Samual (English), Samuil (Russian and Slavic), and Samuli (Finnish).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Shmuel: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; 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)"


 
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