The first name Emmanuel is of Hebrew origin and is composed of the words ‘im’ and ‘el’. Translated, it means something like ‘God be with us’. The name Manuel is the Spanish form of Emmanuel, which in turn is a by-form of Immanuel.
Emmanuel is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.
The name Emmanuel isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Emmanuel ranks 157. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 14 were named Emmanuel. In the entire USA, approximately 80,931 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Emmanuel. That is 0.02 % of all living Americans.
The first name Emmanuel is of Hebrew origin and is composed of the words ‘im’ and ‘el’. Translated, it means something like ‘God be with us’. The name Manuel is the Spanish form of Emmanuel, which in turn is a by-form of Immanuel.
God with us' was... a battle cry, first used in the Later Roman Empire in Latin, and prominently in Germany from 1700 until the end of World War II in 1945.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter E is neither particularly common nor particularly rare as a first letter for boys' names: 3.8% of all common boys' names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of boys' names, by the way, are J, A and D, while X, U and Q are the least common initials of boys' names.
With eight letters, the name Emmanuel is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that with 3.8%, E as the first letter in boys' names is almost as common as all 26 letters on average - and of all the boys' names that start with an E, Edward is the most common.
If your name is Emmanuel and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Emmanuel, you can simply say:
Elephant
Mouse
Mouse
Apple
Nut
Unicorn
Elephant
Lion
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
E
M
M
A
N
U
E
L
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
E
M
M
A
N
U
E
L
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Emmanuel sounds like this:
