Meaning of the nameEmanoel
- Male
- E-ma-no-el
Emanoel is a Brazilian masculine name, with a spelling close to Emanuel and Manoel, most often recorded among people born from the 2000s on.
Meaning
The meaning of Emanoel is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 36,733
- Rank in Brazil
- #713
- Median age
- 20 years
- 2010 Census
- 27,630
- people
Emanoel in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Emanoel, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (9,155 people).
310 women 36,423 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Emanoel is most common
States with the highest share of people named Emanoel in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.070%
- Ceará 0.042%
- Paraíba 0.041%
- Pernambuco 0.039%
- Piauí 0.037%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Ceará | 3,650 | 0.042% |
| Pernambuco | 3,509 | 0.039% |
| Bahia | 2,778 | 0.020% |
| São Paulo | 2,732 | 0.006% |
| Pará | 2,631 | 0.032% |
| Maranhão | 2,331 | 0.034% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 2,315 | 0.070% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,916 | 0.012% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,819 | 0.009% |
| Paraná | 1,661 | 0.015% |
| Paraíba | 1,638 | 0.041% |
| Piauí | 1,221 | 0.037% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,205 | 0.016% |
| Goiás | 1,019 | 0.014% |
| Alagoas | 1,019 | 0.033% |
| Amazonas | 894 | 0.023% |
| Mato Grosso | 711 | 0.019% |
| Espírito Santo | 654 | 0.017% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 645 | 0.006% |
| Tocantins | 438 | 0.029% |
| Distrito Federal | 385 | 0.014% |
| Sergipe | 368 | 0.017% |
| Rondônia | 312 | 0.020% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 290 | 0.011% |
| Amapá | 257 | 0.035% |
| Acre | 193 | 0.023% |
| Roraima | 142 | 0.022% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Emanoel
The origin of the spelling Emanoel is uncertain. Emanuel, according to Behind the Name, is a form of Emmanuel, from the Hebrew ʿImmanuʾel, "God is with us", and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil cites Machado as saying that Manoel is a variation of Manuel, an aphetic form of Emanuel. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 36,733 people named Emanoel, with a median age of 20. The name grew with each generation and had the most records among those born in the 2010s; proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Norte, and it is almost always male.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Emanuel · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Emmanuel · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Manoel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Emanoel
What does the name Emanoel mean?
The meaning of Emanoel is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Emanoel in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 36,733 people with the first name Emanoel, which ranks it number 713 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.
Is Emanoel a boy's or a girl's name?
Emanoel is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 310 women and 36,423 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Emanoel most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Norte: 0.070% of the state's population is named Emanoel (2,315 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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