Emmanuel

given name · English · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Emmanuel is a given name, most frequently recorded in Argentina. In the Congo - Kinshasa it is the 15th most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Means” God is with us” in Hebrew, in all Baden, 1809.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance1 in 496◐
  • CMCameroon1 in 695
  • ARArgentina1 in 1.2K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈244K ●

across 12 countries

Sources
420 ●

1.1M records

Official registry-verified

1 in 496 ◐

France

Meaning & origin●

Means” God is with us” in Hebrew, in all Baden, 1809.

Sources 1

  • The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Emmanuel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina#243575,690295K rec.—869Emmanuel122
MX Mexico#194252,978183K rec.—487Emmanuel215
FR France#130136,785345K rec.1 in 496137KEmmanuel420
US United States—87,645101K rec.1 in 3.8K88KEmmanuel356
PH Philippines#23486,12247K rec.——Emmanuel125
CO Colombia#27924,7524.2K rec.——Emmanuel106
VE Venezuela—20,40111K rec.——Emmanuel64
PY Paraguay#14914,9249.5K rec.——Emmanuel29
NG Nigeria#52114,39619K rec.——Emmanuel101
PE Peru—11,0817.8K rec.——Emmanuel54
BE Belgium#1549,9139.8K rec.—39Emmanuel143
BR Brazil—5,26017K rec.1 in 40K5.3KEmmanuel139

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Languages●

  • English1.6M32%
  • Spanish1.1M21%
  • French973K19%
  • Akan630K13%
  • Swahili309K6%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
English1,605,08332%
Spanish1,065,20521%
French972,70019%
Akan629,88913%
Swahili309,4396%

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◐

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

  • English given name2.0M records spelled Emmanuel143 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Tanzania, France, United States, Nigeria

    Languages: English, French, German

    Also written Emmanuelle, Emanuel, Emanuele, Emmanuël, เอ็มมานูเอล

  • Akan given name1.1M records spelled Emmanuel5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, United States

    Languages: Akan, Swahili, Southern Sotho

    Also written Emmanuël

  • a separate given name42K records spelled Emmanuel5 spellings in the group

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

    Also written Émmanuel, Ēmmanuēl, Emmánuel, Emmanuël

  • Indonesian given name23K records spelled Emmanuel4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Nigeria, Philippines, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Ěmmanuel, Émmanuel

  • Greek given name5.7K records spelled Emmanuel54 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Greece, United Kingdom, Germany

    Languages: Greek, English, German

    Also written Emmanouil, Emmanouel, Emmanuil, Εμμανουήλ, Emmanuēl

  • Danish given name5.6K records spelled Emmanuel12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, United States, Nigeria

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

    Also written Emmanuél, Emmänuel, Ëmmãňůel, Emmañuel, Emmåńûël

109 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●

Emmanuel 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 French, From Hebrew Immanu’el, 'God is with us'.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In German, from Hebrew ʿimmānū-ʾēl 'God is with us'

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • Biblical name (meaning ‘God is with us’ in Hebrew) used for the promised Messiah, as prophesied by Isaiah (7:14; referred to in Matthew 1:23). The Authorized Version of the Bible uses the Hebrew form Immanuel in the Old Testament, Emmanuel in the New. Variant: Emanuel.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

  • In English, Immanuel (Biblical figure whose birth is foretold).

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, du nom hébreu ‘Immā́nū’ḗl « Dieu (est) avec nous »

    as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

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●

025507510019001950200090 · 1986

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Emmanuel in INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion), Réunion, 1900–2024
Yearrecords
190030
190130
190225
190325
190425
190530
190635
190725
190830
190930
191025
191145
191250
191325
191435
191540
191640
191730
191825
191925
192025
192135
192230
192325
192430
192530
192625
192730
192820
192920
193020
193120
193220
193320
193425
193520
193625
193720
193825
193925
194020
194120
194220
194315
194425
194530
194625
194720
194820
194915
195015
19515
195220
195315
195415
195515
195615
195715
195810
195915
196010
196115
196210
196315
196410
19655
196620
196710
196815
196910
197010
197115
197225
197315
197425
197530
197640
197735
197840
197945
198065
198180
198270
198380
198475
198575
198690
198775
198890
198970
199080
199170
199260
199370
199455
199565
199650
199745
199870
199960
200050
200160
200250
200345
200440
200540
200630
200735
200825
200925
201030
201125
201215
201325
201410
201525
201620
201720
201815
201910
202010
20215
20225
20235
202410

RE INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion) — 125 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

0500100015002000Jesus Christ, b. 7Rudolf Clausius, b. 1822Emanuel Lasker, b. 1868Man Ray, b. 1890Ferdinand E. E. Marcos, b. 1917Robert Pires, b. 1973Emmanuel Macron, b. 1977Emmanuel Eboué, b. 1983Chris Paul, b. 1985Manuel Neuer, b. 1986
  • Jesus Christb. 7ILnot in their usual namecentral figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
  • Rudolf Clausiusb. 1822DEnot in their usual nameGerman mathematical physicist and professor (1822–1888)
  • Emanuel Laskerb. 1868PLnot in their usual nameGreman chess player, World Chess champion (1868–1941)
  • Man Rayb. 1890USnot in their usual nameAmerican and French visual artist (1890–1976)
  • Ferdinand E. E. Marcosb. 1917PHnot in their usual namePresident of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
  • Robert Piresb. 1973FRnot in their usual nameFrench footballer (born 1973)
  • Emmanuel Macronb. 1977FRPresident of France since 2017
  • Emmanuel Ebouéb. 1983CIIvorian footballer (born 1983)
  • Chris Paulb. 1985USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player (born 1985)
  • 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●

Attested in 154 sources across 82 countries.

Official registers attesting Emmanuel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2024137K#281
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202088K#602
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)20225.3K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—5.2K#2,642
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—4.3K#986
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020203.7K#8,511
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—3.1K#570
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—3.1K#256
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020102.9K#11,081
EC EcuadorINEC — civil registry names20242.7K#401
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—2.7K#4,972
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20252K—

Reference works 7

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,695 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Emmanuel?
We estimate roughly 244 thousand people bear Emmanuel (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.
In which country does Emmanuel have the most bearers?
Emmanuel is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled emmanuel.
Where is Emmanuel most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Emmanuel is densest in France — about 1 in 496 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.
How common is Emmanuel compared with other names?
In Argentina, Emmanuel is the 243rd most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.
Is Emmanuel a male or female name?
Emmanuel 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 Emmanuel mean?
Recorded meaning: Means” God is with us” in Hebrew, in all Baden, 1809.
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Emmanuel” — the 243rd most common given name in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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