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Lemuel (leh-moo-el) is nice.

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~~ Claire ~~

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My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

I think Lemuel sounds good and as a family name it would be a perfect mn, maybe even a good fn.

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But personally I just picture an animal looking like a guinea pig or a hamster, b/c I think of a lemming.

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I also think of Lemuel Gulliver (gullible) in "Gulliver's Travels".

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"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)

I don't mind Lemuel, but somewhere in the back of my brain, a little imp keeps trying to tell me that it's French for "the mule" ("le muel" lol) which of course isn't true but I always end up thinking it when I see that name!

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♦ Chrisell ♦

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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

It might grow on me, but my first impression is that it makes me think of lemmings. :b

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~Heather~

It's forever ingrained in my mind as a 19th century kind of name with little hope of escaping from it. Plus Lem reminds me of Lemmy from Motorhead, which is not exactly an appealing image.

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I love Lemuel. Great that it's a family name. And it goes great with Lyle.

I like it! I like Samuel, too.

I think it's nice. Not a name I would use, but it's a good alternative to really common names.

I adore Lemuel! It's in my top ten. :-) I'm not wild about Lem (Lemuel doesn't really need a nn, imo), but then I've never liked Sam as a nn for Samuel either.