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Samuella

Gender
Girl
Say it
sam-yoo-EL-ah
Origin
Hebrew
US rank, 2025
#7,489 for girls

Samuella is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has heard”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).

What does Samuella mean?

Hebrew: feminine of Samuel

“God has heard”

A feminine form of Samuel, the prophet who anointed Saul and David in the Bible.

Is Samuella a girl's or a boy's name?

Samuella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Samuella in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 7 girls.

Half of all the girls named Samuella in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

2004Busiest: 7 in 20132024
Samuella in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20246#3,758
20235#4,251
20225#4,168
20215#4,148
20205#4,110
20194#4,904
20180–
20173#5,998
20164#4,980
20150–
20144#4,888
20137#3,338
20120–
20114#4,980
20100–
20090–
20080–
20076#3,396
20060–
20050–
20043#4,789

How popular is Samuella in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,489among girls
Babies in 2025
14about 1 in 110,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Samuella, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. It first appears in the records in 1916.

2025 had the most girls named Samuella of any year since it first appeared, in 1916.

Half of all the girls named Samuella in the US since 1880 were born between 1939 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

1916Busiest: 14 in 20252025
Samuella in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202514#7,489
202410#9,551
202310#9,611
20225#15,300
20219#10,287
20206#13,448
20198#11,350
201810#9,801
201710#9,939
20165#16,210
20159#10,861
20149#10,949
20130–
201210#10,424
20117#13,339
20106#14,953
20097#13,698
20080–
20075#17,630
20060–
20050–
20045#16,092
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19675#6,803
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19585#6,102
19570–
19560–
19556#5,207
19545#5,751
19530–
19527#4,482
19510–
19506#4,736
19490–
19485#5,241
19470–
19460–
19450–
19446#4,052
19430–
19428#3,442
19416#3,952
19400–
19395#4,248
19387#3,448
19370–
19360–
19350–
19346#3,800
19337#3,405
19320–
19310–
193011#2,689
19295#4,568
19280–
19270–
19265#4,849
19250–
19245#5,059
19230–
19220–
19210–
19200–
19198#3,450
19180–
19176#4,081
19165#4,415

Nicknames for Samuella

Names like Samuella

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Samuella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/samuella, updated 20 October 2026.