Manuela
Carries the Hebrew "God is with us", the female counterpart to Manuel. It clings to the edge of Poland's top thousand names, yet stays rare enough that most Poles have never met one.
Manuela Pronunciation
Manuela is pronounced mah-noo-E-lah (/manuˈɛla/).
What Manuela means
Where Manuela comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Manuela reaches back to the Hebrew phrase Immanu'el, meaning "God is with us." In the Book of Isaiah the word Immanuel is given as a sign, a promise long before it was ever a personal name. Manuela is the feminine of Manuel, and both spread far from where the phrase began, above all across Spanish-speaking lands.
In Spain the name settled deeply. From Manuel came the affectionate diminutive Manolo, so ordinary there that it needs no explanation. Manuela shares that ease. She can shorten to Manola or Manu.
A Polish child named Manuela meets the name on her imieniny, or on a class register read out in September. Its Polish gloss holds the old sense plain: bóg jest z nami.
How many people are named Manuela
1 in 12816 women in Poland is named Manuela. 1,759 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #744 among female names.
Manuela's popularity over time
6 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #874 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2022. Still the #744 name among living women, even as it slips to #874 among newborns.
Where Manuela is most popular
Manuela is most popular in Masovian, 233% above the national average (12 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Silesian (+73%) and Pomeranian (+33%). It is least common in Greater Poland, 9% below average.
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Masovian12 girls born+233%
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Silesian4 girls born+73%
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Pomeranian2 girls born+33%
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Lower Silesian2 girls born+25%
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Greater Poland2 girls born−9%
Manuela as a middle name
Manuela is a first name for 1,759 women in Poland and a middle name for another 819, a 68/32 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 265th, between Anne (829) and Pamela (809).
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263
839Inez
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264
829Anne
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265819Manuela
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266
809Pamela
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267
792Patricia