Meaning of the nameManuel

Manuel is a male name of Hebrew origin, a shortened form of Emanuel, meaning 'God is with us'.

Meaning

“God is with us”

Source: Wiktionary: Manuel · Wiktionary: Emanuel · Behind the Name: Emmanuel

People (2022): 172,986
Rank in Brazil: #191
Median age: 57 years
2010 Census: 253,784; people

Manuel in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Manuel, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (36,561 people).

808 women 172,178 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 Manuel is most common

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

Ceará 0.173%
Amazonas 0.161%
Amapá 0.153%
Sergipe 0.150%
Paraíba 0.143%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	28,958	0.065%
Bahia	18,155	0.128%
Ceará	15,192	0.173%
Rio de Janeiro	11,669	0.073%
Pará	11,093	0.137%
Pernambuco	10,656	0.118%
Minas Gerais	10,444	0.051%
Maranhão	8,459	0.125%
Amazonas	6,362	0.161%
Paraíba	5,667	0.143%
Goiás	5,577	0.079%
Paraná	4,551	0.040%
Alagoas	4,110	0.131%
Rio Grande do Norte	4,073	0.123%
Rio Grande do Sul	3,868	0.036%
Piauí	3,474	0.106%
Sergipe	3,321	0.150%
Santa Catarina	2,836	0.037%
Mato Grosso	2,568	0.070%
Distrito Federal	2,561	0.091%
Espírito Santo	2,148	0.056%
Tocantins	1,540	0.102%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,497	0.054%
Rondônia	1,352	0.086%
Amapá	1,119	0.153%
Roraima	878	0.138%
Acre	858	0.103%

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

About the name Manuel

Manuel is an aphetic form of Emanuel, that is, it lost its initial syllable. Emanuel comes from the Biblical Hebrew ʿImmānūʾēl, 'God is with us', from ʿimmānū, 'with us', and ʾēl, 'God'. Behind the Name records that the name may have reached the Iberian Peninsula from the Byzantine Empire and that it has been used there since at least the thirteenth century. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 172,986 people named Manuel, with a median age of 57. The feminine form is Manuela.

Sources

Wiktionary: Manuel · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Emanuel · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Manuel · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Emmanuel · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Manoel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Manuel

What does the name Manuel mean?

Manuel means “God is with us”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Manuel in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 172,986 people with the first name Manuel, which ranks it number 191 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Manuel is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 808 women and 172,178 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Manuel?

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

In which Brazilian state is Manuel most common?

Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.173% of the state's population is named Manuel (15,192 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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