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can u help?

by denise (guest)

10/18/2008, 8:54 PM

my husbands name is Simiel. his mother says his grandmother named him and that it means something in American Indian. however, we cannot find any info on this name anywhere and would like to try and find out where it comes from and what it means. can you help?

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- Lumia

10/23/2008, 10:49 AM

Simiel is the name of an angel archangel (formed with the theophoric Hebrew suffix -el, "God"), cited by Pope Gregory I and probably made over the Hebrew name Samael.

In Mexico, there was a town called Simiel-Tepeque, not related with the first name Simiel (I don't have the etymology for Simiel): http://www.ejournal.unam.mx/ehn/ehn26/EHN02605.pdf

- 78faba +3

10/19/2008, 2:38 PM

Is it not a name of an angel because of the "-el"-suffix, meaning "god"? When i learnt Latin our teacher taught us that.(I learnt Latin at a protestant college with a lot of future pastors.)

- তন্ময় ভট (guest)

10/22/2008, 5:44 PM

-el suffix in Latin meaning "God"? Are you sure?

- Akua Topaz +1

10/21/2008, 9:51 PM

'el' does denote an angel, but only in Latin-based names. Not all names that end with 'el' are names of angels. Cornel, Gretel, Hazel and Mabel are examples.

- Lumia

10/23/2008, 10:39 AM

78faba and you are mixing up Hebrew and Latin.

The Hebrew ending -el, present in some angels' names (Michael, Raphael, Gabriel), comes from 'el, abreviaton of Elohim, "God", used in last spot in the composition of given names.

The ending -el present in names from Latin origin (Marcel) in some languages , comes from the Latin -ellus, a diminutive suffix (in Latin there is not an ending el).

- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

10/19/2008, 7:29 AM

Where and when was he born? What was his grandmother's background? Did she have any knowledge of Native American languages herself?

And how do you pronounce Simiel? Is it SIM-ee-el, sim-EEL, or something else?

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