Given name & surname
Manual
“God is with us”
In English use, Manual has a related form in Manuel. In Spanish use, Manuel carries the interpretation “God is with us.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Manual has a related form in Manuel. In Spanish use, Manuel carries the interpretation “God is with us.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Manual is a form of Manuel. Manuel comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Manual through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,021
- 1,021 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 1928. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,983 as a first name in 2020; 381 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Manual’s family of names
In English usage, Manual has a related form in Manuel.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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