Emanuel (name)

Emanuel, Emmanuel, Emmanuil or Immanuel is a masculine given name or surname derived from the Hebrew name עמנואל‎ (Immanuel, meaning ′God is with us′). The name is common to both Jewish and Christian naming traditions. The middle Hebrew letter "mem" is a gemination giving rise to the co-existence of single "m" and double "mm" (romanized) transliterations in many languages. The name has many variant spellings, including Emanuele in Italy, Imanol in Basque and Manuel in Portuguese and Spanish.

With regard to Written Torah and Tanakh, in Judaism the name עמנואל‎ ("Immanuel") is known to be without any messianic significance.^[1] In Talmud and Midrash of the Oral Torah the name does not occur. It is also not among the many names for the Mashiach (′Jewish Messiah′).

In contrast, Christian theology interprets the name in the light of the Gospel according to Matthew 1:23 relating it to divine Jesus, and alleges that it was a prophetic name used in Isaiah 7:14 of the Christian Old Testament.

Etymology

Emmanuel came from I'mmanuel (ָּנמּוּ אֵל): i'mm (phone ע guttural and raucous, and the vowel i indicating an exercise) "group/people", and anu (in ancient Hebrew: all of us) and El "service to God", which means 'Service to God is with us all' (i.e. 'we are the Community of God') in Hebrew. ܥܡܐ (A'mma) for 'people' in Syriac, and عم (A'mm) 'grouping -of person-' in Arabic.

Notable people bearing this name include:

Royalty

• Manuel I Komnenos (1143-1180), Emperor of Byzantium
• Manuel I of Portugal (1469-1521)
• Manuel II of Portugal (1889-1932)
• Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy (1759-1824)
• Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (1820-1878)
• Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1869-1947)
• Victor Emmanuel, Prince of Naples (b. 1937)
• Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy (1562-1630)
• Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (1634-1675)
• Charles Emmanuel III of Savoy (1701-1773)
• Charles Emmanuel IV of Savoy (1751-1819))
• Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662-1726)

Given name

• Immanuel the Roman (1261-1328)
• Emmanuel Adebayor (born 1984), Togolese football striker
• Emmanuel Banahene (born 1988), Ghanaian footballer
• Emmanuel Bett (born 1985), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Emmanuel Boileau de Castelnau (1857-1923), French mountain climber
• Emmanuel Callender (born 1984), Trinidadian sprint athlete
• Emmanuel Collard (born 1971), French racing driver
• Emanuel Cvjetićanin (1833-1919) general
• Emanuel Gandolfo, Argentine illusionist
• Emanuel Ginóbili, better known as Manu Ginóbili (born 1977), Argentine basketball player
• Emanuel R. Gold (1935–2013), New York politician
• Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy (1766-1847)
• Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), German philosopher
• Emmanuel Kiprono Kipsang (born 1991), Kenyan long-distance track runner
• Emmanuel Kriaras, Greek lexicographer and philologist
• Emmanuel Levinas, French-Lithuanian Philosopher and Talmudic commentator
• Emmanuel Lewis, American actor
• Emmanuel Christopher Loblack (1898–1995), Dominican trade unionist and politician
• Emmanuel Macron, President of France
• Emmanuel Mbende, footballer
• Emmanouil A. Miaoulis, Greek navy officer
• Emanuel Newton (born 1984), American mixed martial artist
• Emmanuel Pacquiao (born 1978), Filipino world champion professional boxer
• Emmanouel Pappas, Greek revolutionary
• Emanuel Pogatetz (born 1983), Austrian football defender
• Emanuel Rego, Beach volley player, Olympic gold medalist
• Emmanuel Rhoides, Greek writer and journalist
• Emanuel Rodriguez (born 1986), Mexican-American professional wrestler
• Emanuel Schafer, German SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator
• Emmanuel Danilo Clementino Silva, naturalized Equatoguinean football goalkeeper
• Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), Swedish scientist, philosopher, and theologian
• Emmanuel Yáñez, Uruguayan road cyclist
• Immanuel Wallerstein, social scientist

Surname

• Ari Emanuel (born 1961), American talent agent, brother of Ezekiel and Rahm
• Ezekiel Emanuel (born 1957), American bioethicist, brother of Ari and Rahm
• Georgy Emmanuel (1775—1837), Serbian-Russian military commander
• James Emanuel (1921–2013), American poet and scholar
• Kerry Emanuel, born 1955, American climate scientist
• Lee Emanuel (born 1985), British middle-distance runner
• Maurice Emmanuel (1862-1938), French composer, teacher and musicologist
• Rahm Emanuel (born 1959), American politician and current mayor of Chicago, brother of Ari and Ezekiel
• Tom Emanuel (1915–1997), a Welsh footballer
• Tommy Emmanuel (born 1955), Australian guitar player

See also

• Emmanuelle (given name), the female form of this name
• Imanol, the Basque form of this name
• Emanuel (disambiguation), for other meanings of Em(m)anuel or Im(m)anuel

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