Meaning of the nameManoela
- Female
- Hebrew origin
- Ma-no-e-la
- Biblical name
Manoela is a feminine name, the feminine form of Manoel, a variant of Manuel, a name that comes from the Hebrew Emanuel, 'God is with us'.
Meaning
“feminine form of Manoel/Manuel, 'God is with us'”
Source: Behind the Name: Manoela · Wiktionary: Emanuel · Behind the Name: Emmanuel
- People (2022)
- 62,483
- Rank in Brazil
- #491
- Median age
- 9 years
- 2010 Census
- 31,618
- people
Manoela in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Manoela, 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 (25,914 people).
62,077 women 406 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 Manoela is most common
States with the highest share of people named Manoela in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.055%
- São Paulo 0.044%
- Santa Catarina 0.043%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.042%
- Bahia 0.030%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 19,577 | 0.044% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 6,750 | 0.042% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 6,011 | 0.055% |
| Bahia | 4,167 | 0.030% |
| Minas Gerais | 3,906 | 0.019% |
| Santa Catarina | 3,275 | 0.043% |
| Paraná | 3,183 | 0.028% |
| Pernambuco | 2,251 | 0.025% |
| Goiás | 1,860 | 0.026% |
| Pará | 1,798 | 0.022% |
| Ceará | 1,012 | 0.012% |
| Espírito Santo | 876 | 0.023% |
| Maranhão | 819 | 0.012% |
| Mato Grosso | 813 | 0.022% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 812 | 0.030% |
| Amazonas | 783 | 0.020% |
| Distrito Federal | 766 | 0.027% |
| Alagoas | 655 | 0.021% |
| Paraíba | 642 | 0.016% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 541 | 0.016% |
| Piauí | 493 | 0.015% |
| Sergipe | 407 | 0.018% |
| Tocantins | 368 | 0.024% |
| Acre | 210 | 0.025% |
| Rondônia | 209 | 0.013% |
| Amapá | 187 | 0.026% |
| Roraima | 112 | 0.018% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Manoela
Behind the Name lists Manoela as the feminine form of Manoel, with Manuela as a variant. Manoel is a variation of Manuel, and Manuel is a shortened form of Emanuel, from Biblical Hebrew, 'God is with us'; this is the meaning of the base name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 62,483 people named Manoela, with a median age of 9. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) groups Manoela and Manoella with Manuela, as spelling variants.
Spelling with O and a single L, the most common in the group; the largest group was born in the 2010s.
Other spellings of Manoela
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Manoela | 62,483 |
| Manoella | 7,348 |
Sources
- Behind the Name: Manoela · behindthename.com · meaning
- Behind the Name: Manuela · behindthename.com · origin
- Wiktionary: Manuel · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Wiktionary: Emanuel · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Behind the Name: Emmanuel · behindthename.com · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Manoel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Manuela · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Manoela
What does the name Manoela mean?
Manoela means “feminine form of Manoel/Manuel, 'God is with us'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.
How many people are named Manoela in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 62,483 people with the first name Manoela, which ranks it number 491 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.
Is Manoela a boy's or a girl's name?
Manoela is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 62,077 women and 406 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Manoela?
Manoela is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Manoela most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.055% of the state's population is named Manoela (6,011 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Manoela?
Manoella. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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