Lemuel

LEM-yoo-el

Hebrew

"devoted to God"

Lemuel Origin and Meaning

The name Lemuel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "devoted to God".

Lemuel is a neglected Old Testament name, with the friendly nickname Lem, that we're surprised hasn't been picked up on by parents who have known too many Samuels.

In the Bible, Lemuel is mentioned twice in Proverbs as a king, but the name is probably remembered more as the first name of the narrator who journeys to Liliput in Jonathan Swift's satirical Gulliver's Travels.

In the Book of Mormon, Lemuel was one of the sons of Lehi, notable for his rebellion against Lehi and Nephi.

Lemuel was Number 195 in 1881, but started a downward trajectory from which it never recovered.

Lemuel Rank in US Top 1000

# 985 in the US

Lemuel Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1330 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Lemuel

• 1330 Nameberry 2025
• 833 Unique 2018

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Famous People Named Lemuel

• Lemuel Biblical king mentioned in Proverbs 31:1 and 4
• Lemuel Cornick Shepherd Jr. U.S. Marine Corps general
• Lemuel Shaw American jurist; 19th Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court
• Lemuel Haynes American Congregationalist minister; first black ordained clergyman in the U.S.
• Lemuel Francis Abbott English painter
• Lemuel Mathewson U.S. Army lieutenant general
• Lemuel Pratt Grant American railroad tycoon
• Lemuel Everett Wilmarth American painter

The name Lemuel in Pop Culture

• Lemuel Gulliver main character in "Gulliver's Travels"
• Lemuel character on TV's "The Man in the High Castle"
• Lemuel Wiley character from the “Spoon River Anthology”
• Lemuel Bridger a vampire on TV's "Midnight, Texas"
• Lemuel "Lemmy" Barnet character in British radio serial "Journey into Space"