Given name
Emmanuela
“God is with us”
Emmanuela is a feminine form of Emmanuel. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is with us.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Hebrew use, Emmanuela carries the interpretation “God is with us.” Emmanuela is a feminine form of Emmanuel. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is with us.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Emmanuela is used as a feminine counterpart of Emmanuel.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Emmanuela is a feminine form of Emmanuel. The history of Emmanuel gives this family its wider story. Emmanuel appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Emmanuela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 718
- 0 boys · 718 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #6,622 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,622 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 20.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 31 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 994 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Emmanuela’s family of names
Emmanuela is a feminine form of Emmanuel. In Italian usage, Emmanuela has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Manuela. Emmanuela has a related form in Eman.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Emanvariant
- Emmanuellavariant
- Emunahvariant
- Emmanuellevariant
- Emanuelavariant · German
- Emanuellavariant
- Emanuellevariant
- Emmanvariant
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Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Emmanuela
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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