Manuela

Meaning: God is with us
Origin: From Hebrew via Spanish and Portuguese

Girl's name · #2573 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Manuela holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#2573 in 2025). About 11,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#29 in Spain (2024) · #372 in Mexico (2024) · #444 in Poland (2025) · #823 in Ireland (2025) · #849 in Ecuador (2025) · #965 in Austria (2025) · #1,121 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,418 in France (2025) · #1,522 in Sweden (2025) · #2,090 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,841 in Canada (2024).

Famous Manuelas

Manuela Schwesig — German politician (SPD), Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Manuela Sáenz — Ecuadorian revolutionary heroine (1797–1856)
Manuela Maleeva — Bulgarian female tennis player
Manuela Velasco — Spanish actress
Manuela Carmena — Spanish judge and politician, mayor of Madrid 2015–2019

In stories & tradition

Manuela^pt — Moonraker (film)
Manuela Hidalgo — Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (Bible)
Manuela Solara — Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (book)

What Manuelas become

Among 1,159 notable people named Manuela:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.5× more often than among typical names — e.g. Manuela Ferreira Leite, Portuguese politician and economist.

Similar names: Ofelia · Marcella · Emmanuella · Leonor · Carmela · Josefina

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