Emanuel (name)
Emanuel is a masculine given name, the Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Czech, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Croatian, Scandinavian form of the English name Emmanuel. The name Emanuel is quite popular in Brazil and has become more common than its primary form, Manuel. In German-speaking countries, Emanuel is a well-established name in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.
The name Emanuel is regarded as a symbolic and religious name strongly associated with Judaism and Christianity. The Italian name Emanuele is influenced by German culture and coexists with the unpopular form Emmanuele. The Old French name Émael is also occasionally used as an apocopated form of the name Emanuel. In the Hungarian language, the name Emanuel is written as Emánuel. The name Emanuel also has three variants in Romanian: Emanuel, Emanuil, and Emanoil.
People with this given name:
- Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
- William Emanuel Cobham Jr., Drummer
- Emanuel Bronner, soap maker
- Emanuel Cvjetićanin, general
- Emanuel E. Downham, American politician, businessman, miner
- Emanuel R. Gold, New York politician
- Emanuel Hall, American football player
- Emanuel "E.J." Jenkins, American football player
- Emanuel Lasker, German chess player, mathematician and philosopher
- Emanuel Libman, American physician
- Emanuel Newton, American mixed martial artist
- Emanuel Öz, Swedish politician
- Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian football defender
- Emanuel Rackman, American Modern Orthodox rabbi; President of Bar-Ilan University
- Emanuel Rego, Beach volley player, Olympic gold medalist
- Emanuel Rodriguez, Mexican-American professional wrestler
- Emanuel Schafer, German SS officer
- Emanuel Schädler, Liechtenstein government councillor
- Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish scientist, philosopher, and theologian
- Emanuel Wilson (American football), American football player
- Ari Emanuel, American talent agent, brother of Ezekiel and Rahm
- David Emanuel (Governor of Georgia), 24th Governor of Georgia, USA
- Ezekiel Emanuel, American bioethicist, brother of Ari and Rahm
- James Emanuel, American poet and scholar
- Kent Emanuel, American baseball player
- Kerry Emanuel, born 1955, American climate scientist
- Lee Emanuel, British middle-distance runner
- Oliver Emanuel, British playwright and radio dramatist
- Rahm Emanuel, American politician and diplomat, brother of Ari and Ezekiel
- Tom Emanuel, Welsh footballer