Emanuel

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Emanuel is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name577K records spelled Emanuel37 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Netherlands, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Emanuël, E-Manuel, Emanuél, E'Manuel, Emanuèl

• Polish given name61K records spelled Emanuel58 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Croatia, Czechia, United States

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Croatian

  Also written Emanuil, Emmanuel, Емануил, Емануїл, Емануіл

• a separate given name24K records spelled Emanuel4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Switzerland, United Kingdom

  Also written Emanuël, Emãnuel, Emánuel

• Swedish given name11K records spelled Emanuel6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Sweden, Norway, United States, Denmark

  Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål

  Also written Emànuĕl

• English given name6.9K records spelled Emanuel143 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Tanzania, France, United States, Nigeria

  Languages: English, French, German

  Also written Emmanuel, Emmanuelle, Emanuele, Emmanuël, เอ็มมานูเอล

• Albanian given name5.9K records spelled Emanuel10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, United States, Italy, Tanzania

  Also written Èmãñuéĺ, Émánúél, Êmanuel, Émåñùèl, Èmâñûêl

74 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Emanuel is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, Immanuel (biblical character)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Rousse, São Paulo, Buenos Aires

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

• In Swedish, Emanuel är en form av → Immanuel. En känd namnbärare var den svenske vetenskaps mannen Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772). I både den rikssvenska och finlandssvenska almanackan 26 mars.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Italian, forma reduzida ou apocopada de Emanuele

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Hebrew, Hebrew Immanuel 'God with us'

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Emmanuel Swedenborgb. 1688SEnot in their usual nameSwedish 18th century scientist and theologian (1688-1772)
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bachb. 1714DEGerman composer (1714–1788)
• Emanuel Leutzeb. 1816USAmerican artist (1816-1868)
• Rudolf Clausiusb. 1822DEnot in their usual nameGerman mathematical physicist and professor (1822–1888)
• Emanuel Laskerb. 1868PLGreman chess player, World Chess champion (1868–1941)
• Alfred Emanuel Smithb. 1873USAmerican statesman and governor (1873–1944)
• John Randolphb. 1915USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1915–2004)
• Sepp Piontekb. 1940DEnot in their usual nameGerman association football player and manager
• Manu Ginóbilib. 1977ARnot in their usual nameArgentine basketball player (born 1977)
• Manuel Neuerb. 1986DEnot in their usual nameGerman association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,211 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Emanuel?

We estimate roughly 245 thousand people bear Emanuel (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Emanuel have the most bearers?

Emanuel is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled emanuel.

Where is Emanuel most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Emanuel is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 337 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Emanuel compared with other names?

In Argentina, Emanuel is the 101st most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Emanuel a male or female name?

Emanuel is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Emanuel mean?

Recorded meaning: Immanuel (figure whose birth is prophesied in the Book of Isaiah)