Given name
Imanol
“God is with us”
Imanol is a variant of Immanuel. In German use, Immanuel carries the interpretation “God is with us.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Imanol is a variant of Immanuel. In German use, Immanuel carries the interpretation “God is with us.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Imanol is a form of Emmanuel. An origin associated with Emmanuel is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Imanol is a 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
Imanol through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,246
- 1,246 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 188 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,502 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +64%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,502 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 188 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,064 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.
Imanol’s family of names
Imanol developed from Emmanuel. In Basque usage, Imanol has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Emanuel. Imanol is a form of Emmanuel.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Imanol has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Imanol
- Imanol AgirretxeSpanish footballerborn 1987
- Imanol AriasSpanish actor and film director (born 1956)
- Imanol Ervitiroad bicycle racerborn 1983
- Imanol AlguacilSpanish footballer and managerborn 1971
- Imanol UribeSpanish film directorborn 1950
- Imanol RojoBasque cross country skierborn 1990
- Imanol GarciandiaSpanish handball playerborn 1995
- Imanol HarinordoquyFrench rugby union playerborn 1980
- Imanol MachucaArgentine-Malaysian footballerborn 2000
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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