Manuel

Where Manuel comes from

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Manuel, short for Emanuel.
— Wiktionary's entry for Manuel
  • Spanish
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1118
    Manuel I Komnenos born
    Byzantine Emperor
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #173 among boys — 75 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1906
    Peak, #104
    205 babies named Manuel — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1962
    Manuel Valls born
    French and Spanish politician
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Spanish.
Namesakes
  • Manuel Valls · French and Spanish politician, born 1962
  • Manuel I Komnenos · Byzantine Emperor, 1118–1180
  • Manuel Noriega · Panamanian head of state, 1934–2017
  • Manuel Azaña · prime minister of Spain, president of Spain, 1880–1940
  • Manuel I of Portugal · King of Portugal from 1495 to 1521, 1469–1521

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.