Manuel (name)

Manuel

Gender	Male
Language(s)	Hebrew
Origin
Meaning	God with us
Region of origin	Western Europe
Other names
Related names	Immanuel Manu

Manuel is a masculine given name originating in the Hebrew name Immanuel (עִמָּנוּאֵל‎), which means "God with us." ^{[1] [ better source needed ]} It was reportedly brought from the Byzantine Empire (as Μανουήλ) to Western Europe, mainly Germany, Portugal and Spain, where it has been used since at least the 13th century. ^[2] The name is popular in Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Romanian, Greek (Latinised as Manolis), Polish, and Dutch.^{[ citation needed ]}

Manny or Manu are often used as nicknames. Its feminine variant is Manuela.

Middle Ages

Further information: Emanuel (name)

See also: Index of Byzantine Empire–related articles § M

• Manuel I Komnenos (1118–1180)
• Manuel II Palaiologos (1350–1425)
• Manuel I of Trebizond (1218–1263)
• Manuel II of Trebizond (1324–1333)
• Manuel III of Trebizond (1364–1417)
• Manuel I of Portugal (1469–1521)
• Infante Manuel, Count of Ourém, Portuguese prince, son of Peter II of Portugal
• Manuel of Castile (1234–1283), son of Ferdinand III of Castile
• Manuel I, patriarch of Constantinople in 1216–22
• Manuel II, patriarch of Constantinople in 1244–55
• Manuel Christonymos, birth name of Patriarch Maximus III of Constantinople, reigned 1476–1482

Early modern

• Manuel da Nóbrega (1517–1570), Portuguese Jesuit and missionary in the early Colonial Brazil
• Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1531–1537), son of John III of Portugal
• Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765–1805), Portuguese poet
• Manuel Cardoso (composer) (1566–1650), Portuguese composer
• Manuel Belgrano (1770–1820), Argentine politician and military leader during the Argentine War of Independence
• Manuel Pardo (politician) (1834-1878), Peruvian politician
• Manuel Pinto da Fonseca (1681–1773), Portuguese nobleman and Grand Master of the Order of Malta

Modern given name

• Patriarchs of Lisbon
  • Manuel II, 14th. cardinal-patriarch of Lisbon (1929–71)
  • Manuel III, 17th. cardinal-patriarch of Lisbon (2013-23)
• Manuel II of Portugal (1889–1932), the last King of Portugal (1908–1910)
• Manuel Agogo (born 1979), Ghanaian football player
• Manuel Aguiar (1930-2009), Goan singer and tiatrist.
• Manuel Alegre (born 1936), Portuguese poet and politician
• Manny Aparicio (born 1995), Canadian football player
• Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza (born 1989), Mexican professional wrestler known as "Andrade"
• Manuel de Blas (born 1941), Spanish actor
• Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968), Brazilian writer
• Manuel Bihr (born 1993), Thai footballer
• Manuel Caballero (1931–2010), Venezuelan historian
• Manuel Campos (canoeist) (born 1985), Spanish marathon canoeist
• Manuel Cortés Quero (1906-1991), Spanish politician
• Manuel Cuevas (born 1933), Mexican fashion designer
• Manuel Dabreu, American electrical engineer
• Manuel Domínguez (1868-1935), vice president of Paraguay
• Manuel Dubrulle (born 1972), French badminton player
• Manuel Elizalde Sr. (died 1985), Filipino businessman, polo player and sports patron
• Manuel Elizalde Jr. (1936–1997), Filipino businessman
• Manuel de Falla (1876–1946) Spanish composer
• Manuel Ferrara (born 1975), French pornographic actor and director
• Manuel Fettner (born 1985), Austrian ski jumper
• Manuel Fontán (born 2001), Spanish canoeist
• Manuel Gava (born 1991), Italian-born German politician
• Manuel Teixeira Gomes (1860–1941), Portuguese politician and writer, 7th President of Portugal
• Manuel Göttsching (1952–2022), German musician, member of Ash Ra Tempel
• Manuel Hassassian (born 1953), Armenian-Palestinian professor
• Manuel Jiménez Díaz (1929–1960), Spanish bullfighter
• Manuel Jiménez Moreno (1902–1967), Spanish bullfighter
• Manuel Lanzini (born 1993), Argentine footballer
• Manuel Litzke (born 1999), Austrian politician
• Manuel Locatelli (born 1998), Italian footballer
• Manuel Loff (born 1965), Portuguese politician
• Manuel Machata (born 1984), German bobsledder and World Champion of 2011
• Manuel Magalhaes (1911-1996), Chilean politician
• Manuel Mamikonian (fl. 4th century), Armenian general and ruler
• Manuel Merino (born 1961), Peruvian politician and president of Peru in 2020
• Manuel Morales (basketball) (born 1987), Peruvian basketball player
• Manuel Moroun (1927–2020), American businessman
• Manuel Neuer (born 1986), German football goalkeeper
• Manuel Noriega (1934–2017), Panamanian dictator and criminal
• Manoel de Oliveira (1908–2015), Portuguese film director
• Manuel V. Pangilinan (born 1946), Filipino businessman
• Manuel "Manny" Pardo (1956-2012), American serial killer and former police officer
• Manuel Pardo (governor) (1774–??), Spanish soldier and governor
• Manuel Pellegrini (born 1953), Chilean football manager
• Manuel Pinho (born 1954), Portuguese politician and economist
• Manuel Poppinger (born 1989), Austrian ski jumper
• Manuel L. Quezon (1878–1944), first President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
• Manny Ramírez (born 1972), Dominican-American Major League Baseball player
• Manuel Rivera-Ortiz (born 1968), American photographer
• Manuel Rocha (born 1950), American diplomat
• Manuel Roxas (1892–1948), first President of the Third Philippine Republic
• Manuel "Mar" Roxas II (born 1957), Filipino politician, grandson of Manuel Roxas
• Manuel Sanhouse (born 1975), Venezuelan football goalkeeper
• Manuel Schadwald (1981-disappeared 1993), Missing German boy
• Manuel Seco (1928–2021), Spanish lexicographer
• Manuel Sosa (judge) (born 1950), Belizean jurist
• Manuel Tenenbaum (1934–2016), Uruguayan educator, historian and philanthropist
• Manuel Ugarte (footballer) (born 2001), Uruguayan footballer
• Manuel Uribe (1965–2014), Mexican who was at one time considered to be the heaviest man in the world
• Manuel & the Music of the Mountains, pseudonym of composer/arranger Geoff Love (1917–1991)

Surname

• Byron "Piri Piri" Manuel (born c.1956), Zimbabwean footballer at Black Aces FC in Harare
• Charlie Manuel (born 1944), American baseball player, coach and manager
• EJ Manuel (born 1990), American football player
• Herman E. Manuel (1849–1918), American politician
• Jacques-Antoine Manuel (1775–1827), French politician
• Jerry Manuel (born 1953), American baseball manager
• John Manuel (writer), baseball writer and scout
• John G. Manuel, Canadian First World War flying ace
• Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena (1232–1328), Spanish noble and medieval writer, son of Infante Manuel of Castile
• Laurent Manuel (born 1986), American association football (soccer) player
• Louis Pierre Manuel (1751–1793), political figure of the French Revolution
• Niklaus Manuel (c.1484–1530), Swiss painter
• Peter Manuel (1927–1958), American-born Scottish serial killer
• Richard Manuel (1943–1986), Canadian composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist with The Band
• Rob Manuel (born 1973), English developer/producer of humorous/miscellaneous web content
• Roby Manuel (1895–1975), Australian aviator
• Rod Manuel (born 1974), American football player
• Simone Manuel (born 1996), American swimmer
• Vic Manuel (born 1987), Filipino basketball player

Fictional characters

• Manuel (Fawlty Towers), waiter in the BBC TV sitcom
• Manny Calavera, protagonist of the adventure game Grim Fandango
• Manuel Tijuana Guadalajara Tampico "Go-Go" Gomez, a character from UPA's Dick Tracy cartoon
• Manny Heffley, a fictional character in the children's book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
• Manny Pardo, a hard-boiled detective in the game Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (based on serial killer Manny Pardo)
• Manuel Alberto Javier Alejandro "Manny" Delgado, a character from the ABC TV sitcom Modern Family

See also

• Isaiah 7:14
• List of names referring to El

References

1. jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/. JewishEncyclopedia.com
2. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Manuel". Behind the Name.