home > boy names > emanuel

Emanuel - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Emanuel

[ 4 syll. e-ma-nuel, em-anu-el ] The boy name Emanuel is pronounced as IHMAENYuwahL KEY. Emanuel is largely used in the Czech, French, German, and Scandinavian languages, and its origin is Hebrew. Emanuel is a variant of the name Manuel (English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish). Emanuel is also a Czech, French, German, and Scandinavian variant spelling of the name Emmanuel (French and German).

Emanuel is a popular baby name for boys, and it is also viewed as fairly trendy. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1960s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2007 with 0.062% of baby boys being given the name Emanuel. Its ranking then was #257. In 2008, its usage was 0.062% and its ranking #260. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Emanuel, Emmanuel (French and German) was the most widely used. In 2008, the name was twice as popular as Emanuel.

Baby names that sound like Emanuel include Imelio (Spanish), Eemeli (Finnish), Immanuel (English, German, Hebrew, and Yiddish), Eemil (Finnish), and Ismeal (Arabic and Spanish).

Details of famous persons named Emanuel:
Actor Edward G. Robinson, born Emanuel Goldenberg, December 12, 1893 - January 26, 1973, Bucharest, Romania.
Soapmaker Emanuel Bronner, born 1 February 1908 - 7 March 1997, Heilbronn, Germany.

KEY: English pronunciation for Emanuel: IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"


 
Popularity Trend
for Emanuel
from 1900 to 2008
Variant Popularity Chart
for Emanuel
in 2008
 

Meaning of Manuel Meaning of Man Meaning of Manuela Meaning of Manny Meaning of Manu Meaning of Mannie Meaning of Manual Meaning of Mel Meaning of Manel Meaning of Immanuel Meaning of Emanual Meaning of Emanuel Meaning of Víctor Manuel Meaning of Man Meaning of Manfred Meaning of Mel Meaning of Melanie Meaning of Melinda Meaning of Melissa Meaning of Melody Meaning of Melvina Meaning of Millicent Meaning of Melvin Meaning of José Manuel Meaning of Juan Manuel