Manuel (name)

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Manuel is a masculine given name originating in the Hebrew name Immanuel ({{Script/Hebrew|עִמָּנוּאֵל}}), which means "God with us."jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/. JewishEncyclopedia.com{{better source needed|date=January 2024}} It was reportedly brought from the Byzantine Empire (as {{lang|grc|Μανουήλ}}) to Western Europe, mainly Germany, Portugal and Spain, where it has been used since at least the 13th century.{{Cite web |url=http://www.behindthename.com/name/manuel |title = Meaning, origin and history of the name Manuel|website =Behind the Name}} The name is popular in Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Romanian, Greek (Latinised as Manolis), Polish, and Dutch.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Manny or Manu are often used as nicknames. Its feminine variant is Manuela.

Middle Ages

Manuel I Komnenos (1118–1180)
Manuel II Palaiologos (1350–1425)
Manuel I of Trebizond (1218–1263)
Manuel II of Trebizond (1324–1333)
Manuel III of Trebizond (1364–1417)
Manuel I of Portugal (1469–1521)
Infante Manuel, Count of Ourém, Portuguese prince, son of Peter II of Portugal
Manuel of Castile (1234–1283), son of Ferdinand III of Castile
Manuel I, patriarch of Constantinople in 1216–22
Manuel II, patriarch of Constantinople in 1244–55
Manuel Christonymos, birth name of Patriarch Maximus III of Constantinople, reigned 1476–1482

Early modern

Manuel da Nóbrega (1517–1570), Portuguese Jesuit and missionary in the early Colonial Brazil
Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1531–1537), son of John III of Portugal
Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765–1805), Portuguese poet
Manuel Cardoso (composer) (1566–1650), Portuguese composer
Manuel Belgrano (1770–1820), Argentine politician and military leader during the Argentine War of Independence
Manuel Pardo (politician) (1834-1878), Peruvian politician
Manuel Pinto da Fonseca (1681–1773), Portuguese nobleman and Grand Master of the Order of Malta

Modern given name

Patriarchs of Lisbon
Manuel II, 14th. cardinal-patriarch of Lisbon (1929–71)
Manuel III, 17th. cardinal-patriarch of Lisbon (since 2013)
Manuel II of Portugal (1889–1932), the last King of Portugal (1908–1910)
Manuel Agogo (born 1979), Ghanaian football player
Manuel Aguiar(1930-2009), Goan singer and tiatrist.
Manuel Alegre (born 1936), Portuguese poet and politician
Manny Aparicio (born 1995), Canadian football player
Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza (born 1989), Mexican professional wrestler known as "Andrade"
Manuel de Blas (born 1941), Spanish actor
Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968), Brazilian writer
Manuel Bihr (born 1993), Thai footballer
Manuel Caballero (1931–2010), Venezuelan historian
Manuel Cortés Quero (1906-1991), Spanish politician
Manuel Cuevas (born 1933), Mexican fashion designer
Manuel Dabreu, American electrical engineer
Manuel Domínguez (1868-1935), vice president of Paraguay
Manuel Dubrulle (born 1972), French badminton player
Manuel Elizalde Sr., Filipino businessman, polo player and sports patron
Manuel Elizalde Jr. (1936–1997), Filipino businessman
Manuel de Falla (1876–1946) Spanish composer
Manuel Ferrara (born 1975), French pornographic actor and director
Manuel Fettner (born 1985), Austrian ski jumper
Manuel Gava (born 1991), Italian-born German politician
Manuel Teixeira Gomes (1860–1941), Portuguese politician and writer, 7th President of Portugal
Manuel Göttsching (1952–2022), German musician, member of Ash Ra Tempel
Manuel Hassassian (born 1953), Armenian-Palestinian professor
Manuel Jiménez Díaz (1929–1960), Spanish bullfighter
Manuel Jiménez Moreno (1902–1967), Spanish bullfighter
Manuel Lanzini (born 1993), Argentine footballer
Manuel Litzke (born 1999), Austrian politician
Manuel Locatelli (born 1998), Italian footballer
Manuel Loff (born 1965), Portuguese politician
Manuel Machata (born 1984), German bobsledder and World Champion of 2011
Manuel Mamikonian (fl. 4th century), Armenian general and ruler
Manuel Merino (born 1961), Peruvian politician and current president of Peru
Manuel Morales (basketball) (born 1987), Peruvian basketball player
Manuel Moroun (1927–2020), American businessman
Manuel Neuer (born 1986), German football goalkeeper
Manuel Noriega (1934–2017), Panamanian dictator and criminal
Manoel de Oliveira (1908–2015), Portuguese film director
Manuel V. Pangilinan (born 1946), Filipino businessman
Manuel "Manny" Pardo (1956-2012), American serial killer and former police officer
Manuel Pardo (governor) (1774–??), Spanish soldier and governor
Manuel Pellegrini (born 1953), Chilean football manager
Manuel Pinho (born 1954), Portuguese politician and economist
Manuel Poppinger (born 1989), Austrian ski jumper
Manuel L. Quezon (1878–1944), first President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
Manny Ramírez (born 1972), Dominican-American Major League Baseball player
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz (born 1968), American photographer
Manuel Rocha (born 1950), American diplomat
Manuel Roxas (1892–1948), first President of the Third Philippine Republic
Manuel "Mar" Roxas II (born 1957), Filipino politician, grandson of Manuel Roxas
Manuel Sanhouse (born 1975), Venezuelan football goalkeeper
Manuel Schadwald (disappeared 1993), Missing German boy
Manuel Seco (1928–2021), Spanish lexicographer
Manuel Sosa (judge) (born 1950), Belizean jurist
Manuel Tenenbaum (1934–2016), Uruguayan educator, historian and philanthropist
Manuel Ugarte (footballer) (born 2001), Uruguayan footballer
Manuel Uribe (1965–2014), Mexican who was at one time considered to be the heaviest man in the world
Manuel & the Music of the Mountains, pseudonym of composer/arranger Geoff Love (1917–1991)

Surname

Byron "Piri Piri" Manuel (born c.1956), Zimbabwean footballer at Black Aces FC in Harare
Charlie Manuel (born 1944), American baseball player, coach and manager
EJ Manuel (born 1990), American football player
Herman E. Manuel (1849–1918), American politician
Jacques-Antoine Manuel (1775–1827), French politician
Jerry Manuel (born 1953), American baseball manager
John Manuel (writer), baseball writer and scout
John G. Manuel, Canadian First World War flying ace
Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena (1232–1328), Spanish noble and medieval writer, son of Infante Manuel of Castile
Laurent Manuel (born 1986), American association football (soccer) player
Louis Pierre Manuel (1751–1793), political figure of the French Revolution
Niklaus Manuel (c.1484–1530), Swiss painter
Peter Manuel (1927–1958), American-born Scottish serial killer
Richard Manuel (1943–1986), Canadian composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist with The Band
Rob Manuel (born 1973), English developer/producer of humorous/miscellaneous web content
Roby Manuel (1895–1975), Australian aviator
Rod Manuel (born 1974), American football player
Simone Manuel (born 1996), American swimmer
Vic Manuel (born 1987), Filipino basketball player

Fictional characters

Manuel (Fawlty Towers), waiter in the BBC TV sitcom
Manny Calavera, protagonist of the adventure game Grim Fandango
Manuel Tijuana Guadalajara Tampico "Go-Go" Gomez, a character from UPA's Dick Tracy cartoon
Manny Heffley, a fictional character in the children's book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Manny Pardo, a hard-boiled detective in the game Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (based on serial killer Manny Pardo)
Manuel Alberto Javier Alejandro "Manny" Delgado, a character from the ABC TV sitcom Modern Family