Samvel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sahm-VEL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Samvel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has heard”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Samvel mean?
Hebrew: Armenian form of Samuel
“God has heard”
Samuel is the biblical prophet who anointed Saul and David as kings of Israel.
Is Samvel a girl's or a boy's name?
Samvel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samvel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Samvel, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Samvel in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Samvel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
Names like Samvel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Shivansh Avi Ivaan Vihaan Krishiv Avyaan Viraj Atharv Veer Navi Shaurya
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Samvel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/samvel, updated 20 October 2026.