How do you pronounce Samuel?

57 replies

helppleaseonnames · 01/12/2016 02:12

I thought it was Sam-yall? (Yall rhymes with ball) of course accents are different, so basically is it 1 or 2 syllables?

OP posts:

Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Sptownmama · 01/12/2016 15:30

Sam u el my dp's name

Footle · 01/12/2016 17:02

Just in case you're interested, the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge hated his first name exactly because he didn't like the pronunciation being so hard to pin down.

SausageSoda · 01/12/2016 17:11

Sam-yull here

twinjocks · 01/12/2016 17:11

3 syllables - Sam yu wull

Lutrine · 01/12/2016 19:29

Sam yu al

PotteringAlong · 01/12/2016 19:31

My Samuel is a Sam-you-elle

Sophronia · 01/12/2016 19:55

2 syllables. Sam-yull, yull rhyming with pull

Flip

1 2 3

Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

Join Mumsnet Log In

This thread is closed and is no longer accepting replies. Click here to start a new thread.