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Manuelito
Say it: mahn-weh-LEE-toh
Meaning
A Spanish diminutive of Manuel, from Hebrew Immanuel 'God with us'; the name by which outsiders knew this leader.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
His Navajo name was Hastiin Chʼil Haajiní; Navajo leaders were often recorded under Spanish names.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 136 babies given this name since 1968
- At its height in 1974, about 1 in 143,000 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Manuelito, Navajo leader and signer of the 1868 treaty
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Published resources of the nation concerned
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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