Samuel

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Hi everyone,

What do you all think of the name Samuel?

Thanks for your input :)

kinda put*

Solid.

@Aquamarine1029

I'm definitely in the minority, but I really, really don't like the name Samuel.

Me too! In any form. It's actually one that I dislike intensely. No idea why.

I love it. DS would've been a Samuel except I got outvoted by DH and DD.

Gréât name. What I'd choose if I had a son.

Beautiful name. DC1 was almost Samuel. DC3 if it happens and if a boy will be Samuel.

I love Sam, but for longer version prefer Samson.

I find it very inoffensive but very dull. Sorry. I know an awful lot of Sam's between the ages of 12 and 22 - although mainly in church-going families. There weren't any at my children's primary and there are only one or two at their secondary so maybe my perceptions of popularity are skewed.

It's OK but I prefer Samson.

It's pretty inoffensive and mn seems to love it but I just find it really wet.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge hated it and wrote about it quite damningly. Something to do with the uncertainty about pronouncing the middle syllable.

Great name. Classic and cool.

Lovely, solid name.

Love it. Very cute and friendly. And timeless too.

@looloo247

Biased because I have a Samuel but I love it! At the minute he's Samuel or more often Sammy, but will more than likely become a Sam as he gets a bit older I should think

I have a Sam too, when he was younger, he was Scampi, Sam-a-lam-ding-dong....

Sam-a-lam-a-ding-dong....

Ive never been keen on the name Samuel. Its a bit like Timothy, Benjamin or Christopher - to me it sounds a bit wet and not very manly in the long form, but the shortened names are absolutely fine.

Also I have a friend who has a Samuel and she pronounces it Sam-yull with a definite stop in the middle and 2 syllables. Makes me wince a bit.

I like it and like Sam as a nn.