Fun Facts About the Name Imanuel
- 342 babies named Imanuel: U.S. records list 342 babies given the name Imanuel from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Imanuel Mean?
Imanuel is a spelling variant of Immanuel, a Hebrew name meaning "God is with us." The Hebrew form is ʿImmānūʾēl (עִמָּנוּאֵל), built from ʿimmanu, "with us," and El, "God." The name is a sentence-name: its literal sense is "with us is God," traditionally rendered "God is with us." Imanuel does not have a separate origin; it is an alternate spelling of the same name, alongside forms such as Emanuel and Emmanuel.
Imanuel Name History & Origins
The name comes from the Hebrew Bible. In Isaiah 7:14, the prophet says a young woman will bear a son and name him Immanuel, a sign during the Syro-Ephraimite crisis. The Greek Septuagint transliterated the name as Ἐμμανουήλ, and the New Testament used that Greek form in Matthew 1:23. Early Christian communities read the passage as messianic, and the name spread with Christianity in Greek, Latin, and later European languages.
Latin tradition commonly wrote Emmanuel; German tradition commonly wrote Immanuel. The spelling Imanuel uses a single m rather than the doubled m of Immanuel, and it keeps an initial I rather than the E of Emanuel. It is an alternate orthographic form of the same name rather than a separate Hebrew or Greek name. In some Indonesian translations of the Bible, the name is spelled Imanuel, and it is used as a personal name in Christian communities there and in other regions. The philosopher Immanuel Kant is a well-known bearer of the related German spelling, though his name is not spelled Imanuel.
How Popular is the Name Imanuel?
Imanuel 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 2004. Its best rank was #4,482 in 2004.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #11,417 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #8,495 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #6,975 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #6,151 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2020 | #9,025 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #8,452 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #7,815 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #6,452 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2016 | #8,394 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #9,958 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #10,038 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #5,491 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2012 | #7,228 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #6,059 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2010 | #7,799 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #7,919 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #7,390 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #5,520 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2006 | #5,168 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #5,124 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #4,482 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2003 | #7,480 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #7,263 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #4,566 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2000 | #6,067 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1998 | #7,102 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #6,286 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #9,569 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #9,395 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #9,365 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #9,279 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #8,714 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1990 | #8,638 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1984 | #6,726 | 5 | 0.0003% |
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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How the Name Imanuel Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Your tendency is to finish whatever you start. You like to use the pen or the needle (writing, fashion design etc). You are loving, compassionate, intuitive and humanitarian. Runs of luck, either good or bad, follow you. You are sympathetic, but at times might be touchy and oversensitive. You may have a gift for writing. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
Creative and outgoing, you are always looking for an opportunity to show your abilities, especially before audience. You are very flexible and like to feel appreciated. You are looking for chances to mix with others socially and to communicate your ideas. You like to talk and can easily relate to different cultures and concepts. The biggest challenge for you is uncertainty. Easily getting bored, you can move from one job to another, switch projects and lovers. The high creative force can lead you either to happiness or unhappiness. If you understand your goals, if you can make major decisions in life and follow it directly and straight up without worry and uncertainty, you are able to achieve great heights.
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