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Samuel

Male#780 most common in Croatia439 people in Croatia
Meaning:
God has heard
Origin:
Hebrew

About the name Samuel

Hebrew name from Shmu'el ('God has heard'); the Old Testament prophet Samuel.

Name day and nicknames

Name day:
August 20

Popularity with newborns

Samuel has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.

People with this name in Croatia

439 people in Croatia are called Samuel, according to the 2021 census. That is #780 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Samuel is recorded in 15 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaBrodsko-posavskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKoprivničko-križevačkaMeđimurskaOsječko-baranjskaPožeško-slavonskaPrimorsko-goranskaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinskaVirovitičko-podravskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačka

Characteristics

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Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.