Fun Facts About the Name Emanuela
- 624 babies named Emanuela: U.S. records list 624 babies given the name Emanuela from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Emanuela Mean?
Emanuela is the feminine form of the Italian name Emanuele and the Portuguese Emanuel, both of which come from the Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל (Immanu'el). The Hebrew name is a phrase meaning "God is with us," built from עִמָּנוּ (immanu), "with us," and אֵל (El), "God." In Christian tradition, the same name appears in Greek as Ἐμμανουήλ (Emmanouēl) and in Latin as Emmanuel, where it is understood as a prophetic title for the Messiah. The feminine ending -a makes Emanuela the female counterpart of Emanuele/Emanuel; it does not change the meaning. The literal sense is "God is with us," and later symbolic uses of Emmanuel in Christian writing are interpretations of that phrase, not a separate etymology.
Emanuela Name History & Origins
The name's root is the Hebrew Immanu'el of the Book of Isaiah, where it appears as a sign name in Isaiah 7:14. The Greek New Testament repeats the name in Matthew 1:23 as Emmanouēl, applying it to Jesus, and this Greek form passed into Latin as Emmanuel. From Latin, Emmanuel and its vernacular equivalents spread as personal names in Christian Europe: Italian Emanuele, Portuguese and Spanish Emanuel (with Spanish Manuel as a common shortened form), and French Emmanuel.
Emanuela belongs to this family as a feminine form. In Italian, masculine names ending in -e commonly have matching feminine forms in -a, so Emanuele yields Emanuela; Portuguese forms the feminine Emanuela from Emanuel in the same way. The name is also used in Romania and in communities shaped by Italian and Portuguese migration, and it appears in English-speaking countries chiefly as an Italian or Portuguese name rather than as an inherited English form. Its history is therefore tied to the older biblical and Christian use of Emmanuel, not to a separate origin.
How Popular is the Name Emanuela?
Emanuela has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2015. Its best rank was #3,328 in 1918.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,515 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #6,697 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 2023 | #9,167 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #6,524 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2021 | #8,622 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #7,014 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2019 | #6,796 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2018 | #7,887 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #6,115 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2016 | #8,537 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #5,885 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2014 | #11,267 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #6,088 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2012 | #6,413 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2011 | #6,210 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2010 | #8,874 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2009 | #7,444 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2008 | #9,129 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2007 | #7,177 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #8,876 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #6,355 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2004 | #7,184 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2003 | #7,316 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2002 | #9,035 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #10,364 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2000 | #11,046 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #13,187 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #7,698 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1997 | #11,196 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #8,348 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #8,991 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #9,053 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #14,159 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #8,961 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #8,152 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #9,532 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #7,896 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #9,896 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #7,125 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #9,476 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #7,502 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #9,558 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #9,435 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #9,422 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #6,868 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #8,863 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #7,067 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #9,725 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #8,646 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #8,708 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #7,804 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #6,866 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1932 | #4,610 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1927 | #5,026 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1924 | #4,643 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1921 | #4,647 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #3,415 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1918 | #3,328 | 9 | 0.0008% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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