Meaning of the nameEmanuel

Emanuel is a male name of Hebrew origin, from the biblical Immanuel, which means 'God is with us'.

Meaning

“'God is with us', from Hebrew Immanuel”

Source: Wiktionary: Emanuel (Portuguese) · Behind the Name: Emmanuel

People (2022): 151,816
Rank in Brazil: #224
Median age: 13 years
2010 Census: 83,281; people

Emanuel in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Emanuel, 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 (48,163 people).

1,445 women 150,371 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 Emanuel is most common

States with the highest share of people named Emanuel in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Ceará 0.145%
Paraíba 0.135%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.135%
Amazonas 0.115%
Roraima 0.105%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	17,170	0.084%
São Paulo	16,129	0.036%
Ceará	12,790	0.145%
Rio de Janeiro	10,639	0.066%
Bahia	9,604	0.068%
Paraná	9,540	0.083%
Pernambuco	8,252	0.091%
Pará	7,149	0.088%
Maranhão	6,119	0.090%
Rio Grande do Sul	6,008	0.055%
Santa Catarina	5,873	0.077%
Paraíba	5,366	0.135%
Goiás	4,989	0.071%
Amazonas	4,548	0.115%
Rio Grande do Norte	4,441	0.135%
Espírito Santo	3,661	0.096%
Piauí	3,008	0.092%
Alagoas	2,794	0.089%
Mato Grosso	2,722	0.074%
Distrito Federal	2,272	0.081%
Mato Grosso do Sul	2,130	0.077%
Tocantins	1,584	0.105%
Rondônia	1,523	0.096%
Sergipe	1,318	0.060%
Amapá	768	0.105%
Acre	748	0.090%
Roraima	671	0.105%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Emanuel

Emanuel comes from Biblical Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל (Immanuel), from the expression imánu él, literally 'God is with us'. In the Book of Isaiah, it is the name of the figure whose birth is prophesied, whom Behind the Name describes as the announced name of the Messiah in the Old Testament. Behind the Name lists Emanuel among the Portuguese forms of the name, alongside Manuel and Manoel. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 151,816 people named Emanuel, almost always men, with a median age of 13. Proportionally, it is most common in Ceará, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Emmanuel, Emannuel and Hemanuel as spelling variants.

This is the most common spelling in the group, with a single M.

Other spellings of Emanuel

Spelling	People (2022)
Emanuel	151,816
Emmanuel	5,260

Sources

Wiktionary: Emanuel (Portuguese) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Emmanuel · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Emmanuel · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Emanuel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Emanuel

What does the name Emanuel mean?

Emanuel means “'God is with us', from Hebrew Immanuel”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Emanuel in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 151,816 people with the first name Emanuel, which ranks it number 224 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Emanuel a boy's or a girl's name?

Emanuel is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,445 women and 150,371 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Emanuel?

Emanuel is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Emanuel most common?

Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.145% of the state's population is named Emanuel (12,790 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Emanuel?

Emmanuel. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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