<Tr> <Th> Nickname (s) </Th> <Td> Sam, Sami, Sammie, Sammy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Related names </Th> <Td> Lemuel, Sam, Sammy, Samantha, Sameth, Samberg, Séamus, Shmuel </Td> </Tr> <P> Samuel (Sometimes spelled Samual) is a male given name and a surname of Hebrew origin meaning either "name of God" or "God has heard" (שם האלוהים Shem HaElohim) (שמע אלוהים Sh'ma Elohim). Samuel was the last of the ruling judges in the Old Testament . He anointed Saul to be the first King of Israel and later anointed David . </P> <P> As a Christian name, Samuel came into common use after the Protestant Reformation . Famous bearers include the American inventor Samuel F.B. Morse (1791--1872), the Irish writer Samuel Beckett (1906--89) and the American author Samuel Clemens (1835--1910), who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain . </P>

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