Lemuel is a Hebrew name that means "belonging to God" or "devoted to God"; King Lemuel is the author of the final chapter of Proverbs, whose mother's advice includes the famous portrait of a virtuous wife. Jonathan Swift gave the name to Lemuel Gulliver, the traveler of Gulliver's Travels. In the United States Lemuel ranked number 2036 in 2000, peaked at number 1811 in 2003 and stands at number 2030 in 2025 with 74 births.