Meaning of the nameEmmanuel

Emmanuel is a spelling of the name Emanuel, which means “'God is with us', from Hebrew Immanuel”.

Meaning

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

Meaning of the name Emanuel, of which Emmanuel is a spelling.

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

People (2022): 5,260
Rank in Brazil: #2,642
Median age: 21 years
2010 Census: 2,680; people

Emmanuel in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Emmanuel, 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 (1,282 people).

42 women 5,218 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 Emmanuel is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	788	0.002%
Minas Gerais	628	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	528	0.003%
Pernambuco	418	0.005%
Bahia	311	0.002%
Paraná	297	0.003%
Paraíba	288	0.007%
Rio Grande do Sul	251	0.002%
Santa Catarina	247	0.003%
Ceará	205	0.002%
Goiás	151	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	141	0.004%
Distrito Federal	135	0.005%
Alagoas	124	0.004%
Pará	116	0.001%
Amazonas	109	0.003%
Maranhão	80	0.001%
Espírito Santo	73	0.002%
Mato Grosso	69	0.002%
Sergipe	69	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	62	0.002%
Piauí	56	0.002%
Tocantins	35	0.002%
Roraima	31	0.005%
Rondônia	24	0.002%

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

The spelling Emmanuel

The double M comes from the French and English spelling; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists it as a spelling variant of Emanuel.

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.

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 Emmanuel

What does the name Emmanuel mean?

Emmanuel means “'God is with us', from Hebrew Immanuel”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Emanuel, of which Emmanuel is a spelling.

How many people are named Emmanuel in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,260 people with the first name Emmanuel, which ranks it number 2,642 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Emmanuel is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 42 women and 5,218 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Emmanuel?

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

In which Brazilian state is Emmanuel most common?

Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.007% of the state's population is named Emmanuel (288 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Emmanuel?

Emanuel. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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