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Manuela - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Manuela

[ 3 syll. ma-nue-la, man-u-ela ] The girl name Manuela is pronounced MaeNWEYLah KEY. Manuela has its origins in the Hebrew language. It is used largely in German, Italian, and Spanish. The meaning of Manuela is 'God is with us'. Biblical name derived from im which means 'with' ; el which means 'God, powerful'. The generic name has been used in various contexts, including the New Testament of the Bible and the Old Testament. Manuela is the feminine form of the English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Manuel. Forms of the name include the Italian Emanuela, the French Emanuelle, and the French Emmanuelle. The short forms Man (English) and Manu (German), and the pet forms Mana (English), Manie (English), and Many (English) are other variants of Manuela.

Manuela is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1928 with 0.016% of baby girls being named Manuela. It was #501 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a substantial decline in popularity since then, and is used only on an infrequent scale today. Among all girl names in its family, Manuela was nevertheless the most widely used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Manuela include the English Mahala, the English Mahalah, the English Mahela, the English Mahelia, the English Mahila, the Hawaiian Malia, the name Malila, the English Mayola, the English and Spanish Melia, the Italian Aemilia, the English Mahalia, the English Mahilia, the Hawaiian Mahlia, the English and Polish Mala, the German and Hungarian Mali, the Hawaiian Malie, the English Mallie, the Irish and English Mally, the English, French, and German Malou, and the French and Portuguese Malu.

KEY: English pronunciation for Manuela: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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