Manuel

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/mɑnˈwɛl//mænˈwɛl/

proper noun

A male given name from Spanish.

OriginPortuguese Manue ← Biblical Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל (ʕimmɔnūʔel) ← Spanish Manue →
CommonScrabble 8
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A male given name from Spanish.

    But on a November morning in 2007, Manuel Jesus Cordova Soberanes and about 30 others from Magdalena were making a trek of their own, leaving town in search of opportunities they couldn’t find at home.

    2023 November 22, Catherine E. Shoichet, Thomas Lake, “A migrant crossed the border and found a scared, 9-year-old Arizona boy alone in the desert. The encounter changed them both”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2024
  2. A surname.

Origin

  1. Biblical Hebrewעִמָּנוּ (ʕimmɔnū)
  2. Biblical Hebrewאֵל (ʔel)
  3. Biblical Hebrewעִמָּנוּאֵל
  4. SpanishEmanuelaph.
  5. SpanishManue
  6. Biblical Hebrewעִמָּנוּאֵל (ʕimmɔnūʔel)
  7. PortugueseEmanuelaph.
  8. PortugueseManue
  9. EnglishManuel

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Manuel, short for Emanuel.

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Cite this entry
APA

Manuel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Manuel

MLA

“Manuel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Manuel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Manuel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Manuel.

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