Meaning of name Manuel

The name Manuel has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Manuel is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 167 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Manuel fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 9 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 196 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Manuel in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Manuel is very likely a(n) Hebrew variant of the name Emmanuel. See other suggested Hebrew boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Emmanuel.

The following names are baby names related to Manuel and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Manuel: Boys - Abraham, Caleb, Elijah, Gideon, Hyman, Jesus, Meir, Moses, Myer, Saul, Seth, Girls - Abigail, Dara, Datya, Both genders - Matthew

The name Manuel is a variant of Emmanuel. Other popular variants of the name Emmanuel are: Eman (Hebrew), Emanual, Emanuel (Scandinavian), Emanuele, Emmanual, Emmonual, Emmonuel, Emonual, Emonuel, Emuel, Imanol (Basque), Immanuel, Immanuele, Manny, Manual, Manuel, Manuelo

We think the name Manuel should fall under the following style category: Traditional.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Manuel to be: A righteous and faithful person

In one word, you might describe Manuel as a(n) "righteous" person.

See other "righteous" names for boys.