Lemuel - Meaning of Lemuel

What does Lemuel mean?

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Lemuel

[ 3 syll. le-muel, lem-u-el ] The baby boy name Lemuel is sometimes used as a girl name. It is pronounced in English as LEHM-Yuw-ahL †. Lemuel is used chiefly in the English language and it is derived from Hebrew origins. The name's meaning is belonging to God.

Lemmee, Lemmey, Lemmi, Lemmie, Lemmuel, Lemmy, Lemuell, Lemyouel, and Lemyuel are variants of Lemuel.

Lem (English contraction) is another variant of Lemuel.

See also the related categories, god, english, hebrew, and belonging.

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 marked loss in popularity, and is today of infrequent use. Among all boy names in its group, Lemuel was nonetheless the most popular in 2018. Lemuel has in the past century been mostly given to baby boys.

Baby names that sound like Lemuel include Lional, Lyinell, Lyonel, Lyonell, Langley, Langli, Langlie, Langly, Lenel, Lennel, Lennell, Lonell, Lonnell, Lynel, and Lynell.

† Pronunciation for Lemuel: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"