Where the spelling 새뮤얼 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 새뮤얼 for Samuel.
People in the list with this given name:
- 퍼파로, 새뮤얼 — Paparo, Samuel
- 거빌리오, 새뮤얼 (조지프) — Gaviglio, Samuel (Joseph)
- 플라이셔, 루빈 (새뮤얼) — Fleischer, Ruben (Samuel)
…and 13 more in the list.
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
- The official list spells Samuel as 새뮤얼, although the general rule gives 새뮬.
Other possible spellings
사무엘Samuel · NIKL spelling of the Spanish name
What Samuel means
“'God has set' or 'God has placed'”
From Biblical Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל
Source: Wiktionary — Samuel · CC BY-SA 4.0
Samuel by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 31, 297,560 babies (0.2% girls, 99.8% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 새뮤얼: 16.
Korean names for Samuel
These are the converter’s results for Samuel as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
이신우Lee SinuBoy’s name · 62% sound match
이선우Lee SeonuBoy’s name · 60% sound match
이시우Lee SiuBoy’s name · 54% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 이, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics