Emanual
Masculine · “God with us”
Emanual is Emanuel spelled with an a, a Hebrew name meaning God with us. The best-known American image of the Revolution was painted by an Emanuel, in Germany.
How old is the name Emanual?
Emanual first appears in US birth records in 1913 — 112 years ago. The typical Emanual alive today was born around 1995, making them about 30 years old. About 500 people named Emanual are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Emanual most popular?
Emanual peaked in 1985, reaching #2504 nationally. See the whole 1985 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Immanuel to Emanual
The story of Emanual
Emanuel Leutze, a German-born American painter, painted Washington Crossing the Delaware in his studio in Düsseldorf, using the Rhine to stand in for the icy river and visiting Americans as models for the soldiers; the canvas is so large that it fills a wall at the Metropolitan Museum. The name comes from Isaiah's prophecy and was used by Jewish and Christian families alike. Emanual writes its last vowel with an a, and nothing records why.
Meaning
God with us
From Hebrew Immanuel, God is with us, a name from the book of Isaiah. Emanual is a spelling of Emanuel.
How the name formed
- Immanuel
- Emanuel
- Emanual
Related forms: Immanuel · Manuel · Emanuel
Pronouncing Emanual
ih-MAN-yoo-ul
Stress on the second syllable.
Nicknames for Emanual
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1913
- Most boys named
- 200122 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2504reached in 1985
- Change vs 2016
- 0.0%5 in 2018, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Emanual in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Immanuel in Hebrew — same name
- Manuel in Spanish — related form
- Emanuel in German — same name
Emanuals among us
people named Emanual are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Emanual sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Its meaning is clear and deeply rooted.
- Manny is a friendly short form.
- People will write Emanuel or Emmanuel.
- The spelling looks like the word manual, which some will notice.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emanuals are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Emanual are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Emanual in 2025?
- Emanual is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Emanual with classmates?
- Emanual will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with E, all years combined.
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