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.
When Manuela celebrates name day
Manuela appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 26 March.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
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 parents choose Manuela
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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Masovian
+233%1 in 29,522 babies
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Silesian
+73%1 in 56,896 babies
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Pomeranian
+33%1 in 73,661 babies
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Greater Poland
−9%1 in 107,622 babies
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Masovian+233% 12 born1 in 29,522 babies+233%
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Silesian+73% 4 born1 in 56,896 babies+73%
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Pomeranian+33% 2 born1 in 73,661 babies+33%
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Lower Silesian+25% 2 born1 in 78,567 babies+25%
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Greater Poland−9% 2 born1 in 107,622 babies−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 Inez839
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#264 Anne829
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#265 Manuela819
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#266 Pamela809
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#267 Patricia792