Given name & surname
Manuelito
“God is with us”
Manuelito is a diminutive of Manuel. In Spanish use, Manuel carries the interpretation “God is with us.”
Original SpanishManuel
Meaning & origin
What it means
Manuelito is a diminutive of Manuel. In Spanish use, Manuel carries the interpretation “God is with us.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Filipino usage, Manuelito is a diminutive of Manuel.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Manuelito through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 136
- 136 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 11 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 9 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 303 as a first name in 2020; 546 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.
Manuelito’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Manuelito is a diminutive of Manuel. In Cebuano usage, Manuelito is a diminutive of Manuelita.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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