MEANING & HISTORY
What does Emmanuel mean?
Emmanuel is a form of Hebrew Immanu’el, made from with us and God. The name appears in biblical tradition and has a strong Christian association through the Gospel of Matthew.
Its two m spelling is an established transmitted form. Emmanuel, Immanuel and the shortened Manuel preserve closely connected personal-name histories rather than different core meanings.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Variant of Immanuel.
A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.
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EnglishEtymology & source
From Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל (ʿimanuʾél), from עִמָּנוּ אֵל (ʿimánu ʾél, literally “God is with us”).
A male given name from Hebrew: alternative form of Emmanuel.
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People with the name Emmanuel
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Emmanuel Pelaez
Vice President of the Philippines from 1961 to 1965
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Ferdinand Marcos
President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
17
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Ferdinand Marcos, Emmanuel Pelaez
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Emmanuel in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Emmanuel
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Emanuel·God is with us
- Immanuel♂God is with us
- Emmanuelle♀God is with us, through Emmanuel
- Manuel♂God is with us
- Fanuel·Biblical personal name in the Phanuel face-of-God family
- Eman♂Faith, in the Arabic Iman tradition
- Emma♀Whole or great; from Germanic irmin names
- Emmalyn♀Emma + Lyn, or a variant of Emmeline
What rhymes with Emmanuel?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Emmanuel
8 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Carmelo Emmanuel·Carmelo: Spanish and Italian masculine Carmel form; Emmanuel: Hebrew God is with us
- Emmanuel Niel·God-with-us Emmanuel with a Neil spelling variant
- Francisco Emmanuel·Francisco in the Francis family; Emmanuel: God is with us
- Jose Emmanuel·Jose: May he add; Emmanuel: God is with us
- Juan Emmanuel·Juan: Yahweh is gracious; Emmanuel: God is with us
- Rex Emmanuel·Rex: English given name from Latin king; Emmanuel: Hebrew God is with us
- Rey Emmanuel·Rey: Reynaldo short form, also Spanish king; Emmanuel: Hebrew God is with us
- Rolando Emmanuel·Rolando: Roland family: fame and land, with a debated second element; Emmanuel: God is with us
Explore Emmanuel further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q18001873 — Emmanuel (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Ferdinand Marcos (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18001873 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Emmanuel Pelaez (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18001873 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Emmanuel (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Emmanuel (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Emmanuel (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.