Samiul
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sa-MEE-ul
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Samiul is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “all-hearing”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Samiul mean?
Arabic: first part of compounds such as Samiul Haq or Samiul Islam
“all-hearing”
As-Sami', 'the All-Hearing', is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
Is Samiul a girl's or a boy's name?
Samiul is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samiul in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Samiul, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 19 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Samiul in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Samiul in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,207 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,445 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,418 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,174 |
Nicknames for Samiul
- Sami 175 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Samiul
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abdullah Muhammad Hamza Ahmed Mustafa Saif Saim Suhaib Saifullah Abdulrahman Sahib Hammad
Names related to Samiul
More Arabic names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Samiul: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/samiul, updated 20 October 2026.