The son of Hannah, his name meaning 'Name of God' who was the last of the Old Testament Hebrew judges?
Samuel (name) Samuel (name) Samuel (Sometimes spelled "Samual") is a male given name and a surname of Hebrew origin meaning either "name of God" or "God has heard" (שם האלוהים "Shem HaElohim") (שמע אלוהים "Sh'ma Elohim"). Samuel was the last of the ruling judges in the Old Testament. He anointed Saul to be the first King of Israel and later anointed David. As a Christian name, Samuel came into common use after the Protestant Reformation. Famous bearers include the American inventor Samuel F.B. Morse (1791–1872), the Irish writer Samuel Beckett (1906–89) and the American author Samuel Clemens (1835–1910), who wrote under the
Hannah (name) sons described in 2 Maccabees. Hannah (name) Hannah () (), also spelt Hanna, Hana or Chana, is a Hebrew given name. It is derived from the root "ḥ-n-n", meaning "favour" or "grace"; "A Dictionary of First Names" attributes the name to a word meaning 'He (God) has favoured me [with a child]'. The "Hannah" spelling of the name was taken up as a given name by the Puritans in the 16th and 17th centuries, and it has always been a common Jewish name. Ann, Anne, Anna derive from Hannah through Latin. The Phoenician (Punic) name Hannibal derives from the same