Samuel is traditionally rendered "heard by God" or, in some readings, "name of God," with scholars divided on the precise construction of its Hebrew roots. What persists across the debate is a sense of being attended to -- a request or a life taken seriously rather than overlooked.
You must take in consideration that two opposite stars reinforce each other in the rulership of human beings, unlike the stars of fate. And this is what we take in consideration of all that was said by that man. - Picatrix (Andalusia, ~1000.AD)