Gender: Male
Pronunciation: S AE M Y UW L B AH T L ER
Samuel Butler was an English classical scholar and schoolmaster of Shrewsbury School, and Bishop of Lichfield. His grandson was Samuel Butler, the author of the novel Erewhon.
Source: Wikipedia | Last updated on May 24, 2024
On the name Samuel Butler, Samuel means Asked of God, Told by God, Name of King in Bible, Follower of Jesus, Heard by God. Butler means The dispenser of bottles.
The name Samuel Butler is often used as a Male name and is mostly used as a First Name.
Samuel is commonly found in Nigeria, United States of America, Colombia, and 98 more countries.
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ARPAbet Phonetic Pronunciation: S AE M Y UW L B AH T L ER
S: Pronounce as in "sit" (S IH T)
AE: Pronounce as in "cat" (K AE T)
M: Pronounce as in "man" (M AE N)
Y: Pronounce as in "yes" (Y EH S)
UW: Pronounce as in "blue" (B L UW)
L: Pronounce as in "let" (L EH T)
B: Pronounce as in "big" (B IH G)
AH: Pronounce as in "but" (B AH T)
T: Pronounce as in "top" (T AA P)
L: Pronounce as in "let" (L EH T)
ER: Pronounce as in "bird" (B ER D)
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At NamesLook, the name Samuel is recorded 259,580 times globally, ranking it as the 145th most common name worldwide.
Samuel is most prevalent in Nigeria, with 34,759 occurrences, making it the 7th most popular name in the country.
In Ghana, the name Samuel is found among 1 in every 20 people, showcasing its highest frequency there.
| Country | Rank | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | #7 | 1 : 33 |
| United States of America | #169 | 1 : 60 |
| Colombia | #107 | 1 : 48 |
| France | #191 | 1 : 67 |
| Mexico | #149 | 1 : 58 |
| Italy | #375 | 1 : 89 |
| South Africa | #85 | 1 : 192 |
| Brazil | #82 | 1 : 70 |
| Spain | #170 | 1 : 56 |
| Ghana | #3 | 1 : 20 |
This chart displays the ranking of the name Samuel from 1980 to 2023, based on the most recent data from the U.S. Social Security Administration.
Samuel Butler was an English classical scholar and schoolmaster of Shrewsbury School, and Bishop of Lichfield. His grandson was Samuel Butler, the author of the novel Erewhon.
Samuel Butler was an English poet and satirist. He is remembered now chiefly for a long satirical poem titled Hudibras.
Samuel Butler was an English novelist and critic, best known for the satirical utopian novel Erewhon (1872) and the semi-autobiographical novel The Way of All Flesh. Both novels have remained in print since their initial publication. In other studies he examined Christian orthodoxy, evolutionary thought, and Italian art, and made prose translations of the Iliad and Odyssey that are still consulted.
Samuel Evan Butler was an English cricketer who attended St Alban Hall and Brasenose College, Oxford. In the University Match of 1871 he took all ten Cambridge University wickets in their first innings, the only time this has been achieved in the fixture, and the only time an Oxford bowler has taken ten wickets in any first-class innings.
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