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 [ 2 syll. ma-nuel, man-u-el ] The boy name Manuel is pronounced as MaaNWEHL KEY. Manuel is largely used in the English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish languages, and its origin is Hebrew. The name's meaning is God is with us. Biblical name derived from the elements 'im' meaning with ; 'el' meaning God, powerful. Immanuel (Hebrew) is an older form of Manuel. The name is known as the foretold name of the coming Messiah in the Bible, as prophesied by Isaiah; in the authorized versions of the Old Testament it is written as Immanuel, and in the New Testament, Emmanuel. The name as taken up by English speakers from the 17th century; the Spanish form Manuel has been common in the USA. The name Manuela (German, Italian, and Spanish) is the female equivalent of Manuel. The name Manuel is used to a great extent; it has 31 variants that are used in both English and other languages. Variants of Manuel used in English include Emanual, Immanuel (used in German, Hebrew, and Yiddish as well), Manel, Manual, and Mel (used in Spanish as well). The short forms Man and Manny (used in Spanish as well), and the pet form Mannie are other English variants. Foreign variants of Manuel include Eman (Czech), Emanuel (Czech, French, German, and Scandinavian), Emanuele (Italian), Emek (Latvian), Emmanouil (Greek), Emmanuel (French and German), Emmanuil (Russian), Imanol (Basque), Imanuel (Hebrew), Maco (Hungarian), Mango (Spanish), Manoel (Portuguese), Manolo (Italian and Spanish), Manue (Spanish), Manuele (Italian), Manuelito (Spanish), Manuelo (Italian and Spanish), Manuil (Russian), Manuyil (Russian), Minel (Spanish), and Nelo (Spanish). Specific foreign variants include the short forms Mano (Hungarian and Spanish) and Manu (German). See also the related forms, José Manuel (Spanish), Juan Manuel (Spanish), and Víctor Manuel (Spanish). Manuel is a classic favorite. Currently it is still popular as a baby name for boys, though to a lesser extent than it was previously. At the modest height of its usage in 1929, 0.146% of baby boys were given the name Manuel. It ranked at #111 then. The baby name has since fallen in popularity, and is of occasional use in recent years. In 2008, its usage was 0.099% and its ranking #186, but it was nonetheless the 2nd most popular after Emmanuel (French and German), within all boy names in its group. In 2008, it was used 33% more than Manuel. Baby names that sound like Manuel include Malloy (Irish), Manley (English), Manly (English), Manuele (Italian), Mauli, Melo (Spanish), Mihail (Greek, Romanian, and Slavic), Mihal (Hungarian), Millà (Catalan), Milo (Czech, Spanish, English, and Slavic), Minel (Spanish), Mael (Breton and French), Maël (Breton and French), Mal (Welsh and English), Manel (English), Manlio (Italian), Manoel (Portuguese), Manolo (Italian and Spanish), Manual (English), and Manuil (Russian). KEY: Pronunciation for Manuel: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
