Etymology

Shmuel

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Today it means: A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Samuel. Full definition →

Yiddish שמואל ← Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromשְׁמוּאֵל
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromשמואל
  3. English todayShmuel

Borrowed from Yiddish שמואל (Shmuel), from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל (šəmūʾḗl).

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