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.
The lord of the second house hath the same strength in hurting, as the lord of the eighth; the lord of the sixth, the same with the lord of the twelfth. - William Lilly (1602.-1681.)