Emanuel is a spelling of Emmanuel, from the Hebrew Immanuel, which means "God is with us"; it is the name the prophet Isaiah gives to the promised Messiah, and the form Manuel is a Spanish classic. The single-m spelling is common in Scandinavia, Germany, Portugal and Romania. In the United States Emanuel ranked number 329 in 2000, peaked at number 256 in 2007 and stands at number 574 among boys' names in 2025.