Girl · Hebrew, through Spanish
Manuela
Say it: mah-NWEH-lah
Meaning
Feminine of Manuel, from Hebrew Immanuel 'God is with us'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Common in colonial records and popular again in Argentina, Colombia and Brazil in recent decades.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 10,670 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1909, about 1 in 6,000 girls
- 90 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
MexicanCentral AmericanAndeanArgentineCaribbeanSpanishBrazilian
The family of the name
Other spellings: Manola
| Portuguese | Manuela |
|---|---|
| Italian | Emanuela |
Famous bearers
- Manuela Sáenz, Ecuadorian independence figure and companion of Simón Bolívar
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Parish baptism registers
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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