Meaning of the nameManuella
- Female
- Hebrew origin
- Ma-nu-el-la
- Biblical name
Manuella is a spelling of the name Manuela, which means “feminine form of Manuel, from Emmanuel, 'God is with us'”.
Meaning
“feminine form of Manuel, from Emmanuel, 'God is with us'”
Meaning of the name Manuela, of which Manuella is a spelling.
Source: Behind the Name: Emmanuel
- People (2022)
- 38,639
- Rank in Brazil
- #687
- Median age
- 6 years
- 2010 Census
- 4,336
- people
Manuella in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Manuella, 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 (20,313 people).
38,469 women 170 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 Manuella is most common
States with the highest share of people named Manuella in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio de Janeiro 0.037%
- São Paulo 0.033%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.032%
- Distrito Federal 0.020%
- Santa Catarina 0.020%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 14,525 | 0.033% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 5,902 | 0.037% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 3,435 | 0.032% |
| Minas Gerais | 3,278 | 0.016% |
| Paraná | 1,873 | 0.016% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,525 | 0.020% |
| Goiás | 1,284 | 0.018% |
| Bahia | 896 | 0.006% |
| Pernambuco | 686 | 0.008% |
| Pará | 585 | 0.007% |
| Distrito Federal | 565 | 0.020% |
| Espírito Santo | 463 | 0.012% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 428 | 0.016% |
| Paraíba | 409 | 0.010% |
| Amazonas | 408 | 0.010% |
| Maranhão | 407 | 0.006% |
| Mato Grosso | 381 | 0.010% |
| Ceará | 313 | 0.004% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 248 | 0.008% |
| Alagoas | 208 | 0.007% |
| Sergipe | 194 | 0.009% |
| Tocantins | 188 | 0.012% |
| Piauí | 176 | 0.005% |
| Rondônia | 95 | 0.006% |
| Amapá | 77 | 0.011% |
| Acre | 54 | 0.007% |
| Roraima | 36 | 0.006% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Manuella
It doubles the L; Behind the Name records it as a French form. Most of the people recorded with this spelling were born in 2010 or later.
About the name Manuela
Behind the Name presents Manuela as the feminine of Manuel, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Emmanuel, and Wiktionary gives Manuel as the corresponding masculine. Emmanuel comes from the Hebrew Immanuel, which Behind the Name translates as 'God is with us', the announced name of the Messiah in the Old Testament. That is the meaning of the base name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 178,058 people named Manuela, with a median age of 8. The name is almost always female, the largest group was born in the 2010s and, proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Manuella and Manoela among the spelling variants.
Other spellings of Manuela
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Manuela | 178,058 |
| Manuella | 38,639 |
Sources
- Behind the Name: Manuela · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Manuel · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Emmanuel · behindthename.com · meaning
- Wiktionary: Manuela · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Manuela · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Manuella
What does the name Manuella mean?
Manuella means “feminine form of Manuel, from Emmanuel, 'God is with us'”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Manuela, of which Manuella is a spelling.
How many people are named Manuella in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 38,639 people with the first name Manuella, which ranks it number 687 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.
Is Manuella a boy's or a girl's name?
Manuella is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 38,469 women and 170 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Manuella?
Manuella is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Manuella most common?
Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.037% of the state's population is named Manuella (5,902 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Manuella?
Manuela. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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