The eponymous character of two Old Testament books, a 7th C Coptic saint, a 10th-11th C tsar of Bulgaria, and an 11th C king of Hungary. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Samuel.
The name was not common in England before the Protestant Reformation, and was never common at all elsewhere. Early English examples are often (but not exclusively) the names of Jews.
- Belgium
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- Dutch
- ● 1597x1598 Samuel BoonenGes p. 352
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1185x1186 Samuel (nom) PR-XXXVI p. 4;
1189 Samuel (nom) GASurv p. 129;
1340xc1450 Samuellus (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 70
- Dutch
- ● 1571 Samuel AuFr Cornelis;
1572 Samuel ibid. Artis;
1573 Samuel ibid. Huijs;
1574 Samuel ibid. Donghen;
1575 Samuel ibid. Kempe;
1577 Samuel ibid. Bent;
1579 Samuel ibid. Bree;
1580 Samuel ibid. Clerx;
1581 Samuel ibid. Daele;
1582 Samuel ibid. Drossaert;
1585 Samuel ibid. Lauwers;
1586 Samuel ibid. Backer;
1587 Samuel ibid. Adriaensz;
1588 Samuel ibid. Godschalck;
1589 Samuel ibid. Begnorts;
1590 Samuel ibid. Grurius;
1591 Samuel ibid. Cliever;
1592 Samuel ibid. Berghe;
1593 Samuel ibid. Potter;
1594 Samuel ibid. Adriaensz;
1596 Samuel ibid. Burlij;
1597 Samuel ibid. Dries;
1598 Samuel ibid. Damme;
1599 Samuel ibid. Marsgan
- Early Modern English
- ● 1550 Samuell StAnthonlin p. 8;
1552 Samuell ibid. p. 9;
1559 Samuell ibid. p. 13;
1564 Samuell ibid. p. 17;
1567 Samuell RegBisham p. 2;
1570 Samuel bruton1 p. 39;
1572 Samuel RegPat p. 31,
Samuell StAnthonlin p. 22;
1573 Samuel RegPat p. 32,
Samuell StAnthonlin p. 23;
1575 Samuell ibid. p. 24;
1577 Samuell ibid. p. 25;
1578 Samuell ibid. p. 26;
1579 Samuell ibid. p. 27;
1581/2 Samuell RegBath p. 5;
1583 Samuell ibid. p. 5;
1583/4 Samuell SurMus p. 22;
1584 Samuell StAnthonlin p. 30,
SurMus p. 190,
Samvell ibid. p. 192;
1586 Samuell RegBath p. 7,
StAnthonlin p. 32;
1587 Samuel DEmar-vol2 p. 13,
Samuell OrpingtonKe p. 8;
1588 Samuel bruton1 p. 117;
1589 Samuell CAmar-vol1 p. 130;
1590 Samuell BEmar-vol1 p. 14,
CAmar-vol1 p. 4;
1591 Samuell OrpingtonKe p. 8,
RegFord p. 1;
1593 Samuel DEmar-vol2 p. 26;
1594 Samewell CAmar-vol1 p. 5;
1595 Samuel BUmar-vol9 p. 9;
1597 Samuel DEmar-vol2 p. 36,
bruton1 p. 125;
1598 Samwell CAmar-vol1 p. 6;
1599 Samuel DEmar-vol2 p. 42,
Samuell StAnthonlin p. 39
- Middle French
- ● 1568 Samuel WCS p. 39;
1570 Samuel ibid. p. 40;
1574 Samuel ibid. p. 10;
1575 samuel ibid. p. 11;
1577 Samuel ibid. p. 43;
1578 Samuel ibid. p. 44;
1579 samuel ibid. p. 15;
1582 Samuel ibid. p. 17;
1583 Samuel ibid. p. 46;
1584 Samuel ibid. p. 104;
1585 Samuel ibid. p. 88;
1587 Samuel ibid. p. 47;
1588 Samuel ibid. p. 47;
1590 Samuel ibid. p. 49;
1592 Samuel ibid. p. 50;
1594 Samuel ibid. p. 50;
1595 Samuel ibid. p. 51;
1596 Samuel ibid. p. 52
- Walloon
- ● 1581 Samuel RWC p. 3;
1582 Samuel ibid. p. 4;
1583 Samuel ibid. p. 7;
1584 Samuel ibid. p. 9;
1590 Samuel ibid. p. 13;
1590/1 Samuel ibid. p. 15;
1591 Samuel ibid. p. 17;
1591/2 Samuel ibid. p. 19;
1592 Samuel ibid. p. 20;
1592/3 Samuel ibid. p. 25;
1593/4 Samuel ibid. p. 31;
1593 Samuel ibid. p. 564;
1594 Samuel ibid. p. 32
- Finland
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- Early Modern Swedish
- ● 1582 Samuel (nom) Audén1980 p. 172
- France
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- Latin
- ● c823 Samuel (nom) irminon-vol2 61;
fin11thC Samuelis (gen) St-Barnard-Romans no. 154
- Middle French
- ● 1528 Samuel Subsidy1528 p. 172;
1563 Samuel RegPCC-1 p. 27;
1564 Samuel ibid. p. 53;
1566 Samuel ibid. p. 206;
1567 Samuel ibid. p. 302;
1568 Samuel ibid. p. 402;
1570 Samuel ibid. p. 422;
1571 Samuel ibid. p. 436;
1589 Samuel raymond1588 p. 572
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 847 Samuele (abl) HambUrk-vol1 XII;
1217 Samuelis (gen) quix-vol1 71
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1376 Samuele (abl) DouGen1 p. 61
- The Netherlands
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- Latin
- ● 854 Samuele (abl) OrkGZ no. 43
Cite as: A. Brown, R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Samuel". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Samuel.