Lemuel Forename
24,331st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 35,759 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Barbados
Lemuel Forename Definition:
A male name.: Hebrew ‘devoted to God’, ‘Godward’, the name of a king mentioned in Prov xxxi, sometimes used as a christian name in the 17th C, e.g. Lemuel Tuke, an ejected minister. The name is best known from Swift’s hero Lemuel Gulliver.
Read More About This ForenameLemuel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 100% | 21,897 | 1:4,841 | 826 |
| United States | 100% | 6,531 | 1:55,510 | 3,014 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,342 | 1:159,639 | 7,654 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,124 | 1:24,009 | 1,692 |
| Mexico | 100% | 845 | 1:146,916 | 3,085 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 700 | 1:5,072 | 467 |
| Nigeria | 97% | 506 | 1:350,918 | 12,411 |
| Liberia | 98% | 249 | 1:17,719 | 1,286 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Jamaica | - | 216 | 1:13,348 | 1,337 |
| Canada | 100% | 172 | 1:192,636 | 7,440 |
| South Africa | 97% | 146 | 1:373,511 | 19,653 |
| Barbados | - | 132 | 1:2,195 | 473 |
| India | 100% | 117 | 1:10,383,572 | 308,339 |
| Kenya | 100% | 111 | 1:417,181 | 12,597 |
| England | 100% | 99 | 1:561,646 | 11,447 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 93 | 1:112,164 | 5,632 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 80 | 1:7,262 | 787 |
| Honduras | 100% | 69 | 1:127,789 | 3,689 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 69 | 1:19,731 | 2,364 |
| Chile | 100% | 65 | 1:270,880 | 4,310 |
| Peru | 100% | 63 | 1:504,626 | 8,955 |
| Bahamas | - | 61 | 1:6,547 | 958 |
| Cameroon | 77% | 56 | 1:385,902 | 13,504 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 48 | 1:169,840 | 14,736 |
| Indonesia | - | 39 | 1:6,614,453 | 240,473 |
| Panama | 100% | 36 | 1:108,515 | 5,216 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 34 | 1:2,171,400 | 51,388 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 32 | 1:3,487 | 654 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 30 | 1:1,006,730 | 21,651 |
| Wales | 100% | 30 | 1:103,144 | 2,492 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| El Salvador | - | 27 | 1:234,881 | 3,098 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 26 | 1:3,823 | 748 |
| Singapore | 100% | 24 | 1:261,961 | 9,116 |
| Australia | - | 21 | 1:650,363 | 9,310 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 20 | 1:1,522,497 | 47,664 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 19 | 1:1,251,036 | 42,396 |
| Spain | 100% | 17 | 1:2,737,057 | 13,172 |
| Thailand | 100% | 17 | 1:4,121,518 | 84,061 |
| Angola | - | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 16 | 1:376,146 | 7,303 |
| Colombia | 100% | 15 | 1:3,185,262 | 21,696 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 14 | 1:340,568 | 6,089 |
| Guyana | 100% | 13 | 1:58,712 | 5,245 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 13 | 1:8,442 | 1,163 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 12 | 1:1,285,318 | 41,030 |
| Benin | 100% | 10 | 1:1,057,584 | 26,153 |
| Israel | 100% | 10 | 1:840,292 | 12,787 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 10 | 1:1,690,208 | 23,366 |
| Belize | 100% | 9 | 1:39,368 | 3,319 |
| Hong Kong | - | 9 | 1:861,414 | 5,456 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 9 | 1:6,096 | 1,002 |
| Argentina | 100% | 8 | 1:5,346,655 | 13,183 |
| Germany | 100% | 8 | 1:12,084,734 | 38,839 |
| Qatar | 100% | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| Haiti | - | 7 | 1:1,532,422 | 18,706 |
| Uganda | 100% | 7 | 1:5,850,989 | 49,331 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 7 | 1:1,021,713 | 39,786 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| China | - | 6 | 1:227,675,964 | 74,319 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 6 | 1:2,684,738 | 6,435 |
| Italy | 100% | 5 | 1:12,212,418 | 34,417 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Norway | - | 5 | 1:1,026,466 | 14,100 |
| Scotland | 100% | 5 | 1:1,070,073 | 10,235 |
| Sweden | 100% | 5 | 1:1,971,581 | 30,505 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Grenada | 100% | 4 | 1:27,031 | 2,323 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Russia | - | 4 | 1:36,058,426 | 83,389 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4 | 1:13,197,080 | 50,227 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 3 | 1:20,433 | 1,694 |
| Finland | 67% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Oman | - | 3 | 1:1,369,556 | 7,879 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2 | 1:5,745,020 | 30,381 |
| Romania | 100% | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| France | 100% | 1 | 1:66,470,340 | 85,030 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Switzerland | - | 1 | 1:8,213,496 | 36,387 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
The alternate forms: Lémuel (4) are calculated separately.
Lemuel (1,235) may also be a surname.
Lemuel Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name.: Hebrew ‘devoted to God’, ‘Godward’, the name of a king mentioned in Prov xxxi, sometimes used as a christian name in the 17th C, e.g. Lemuel Tuke, an ejected minister. The name is best known from Swift’s hero Lemuel Gulliver.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
M. This once mainly Puritan and now mainly Jewish name is the ‘Christian’ of the hero of Gulliver’s Travels. Hebrew, ‘(dedicated) to God.’
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Hebrew לְמוּאֵל, L’muél; from l’mu-Ely by God, i. e. created by God. Conf. the synonymous name Lael.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Lem'-u-el, God with them. Supposed to be king Solomon. Prov. xxxi. 1.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: unto God.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: God’s own.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Lemuel Forename Popularity
Lemuel Demographics
Average Male Lemuel Height
174.13 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 175 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Lemuel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lemuel in the Russian language | ||
| Лемуэль | lemuel | - |
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