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Sawyl (male)

Variants:Samuel (M) Shmuel (M)
Derivative of:Safwyl (M) Shemuel (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Welsh recent form of the Hebrew name Shemuel/Shmuel, from Hebrew "heard by God"; OT Books 1 & 2 of Samuel.  The earlier Welsh form was Safwyl.
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