Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Samu

Samu

Given Name SAMU

GENDER: Masculine

PRONOUNCED: SAH-moo (Finnish) [key]

Meaning & History

Hungarian and Finnish diminutive of SAMUEL.

Related Names

VARIANTS: Sami, Samppa (Finnish)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Samuel (Biblical), Samouel (Biblical Greek), Shemu'el (Biblical Hebrew), Samuhel (Biblical Latin), Samuil (Bulgarian), Samuel (Czech), Samuel (Danish), Samuel (Dutch), Samuel, Sam, Sammie, Sammy (English), Samuel (French), Samuel (German), Shmuel (Hebrew), Samuele (Italian), Samuel (Jewish), Samoil (Macedonian), Samuel (Norwegian), Samuel (Polish), Samuel (Portuguese), Samuil (Russian), Samuel (Slovak), Samuel (Spanish), Samuel (Swedish), Sawyl (Welsh)

Popularity

Finland