Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Emmanuel m. Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל 'God is with us'.

A Biblical epithet of Jesus, and the name of a 12th C Byzantine emperor, a 13th C emperor of Trebizond, a 14th C emperor of Trebizond, a 14th-15th C Byzantine emperor, a 14th-15th C emperor of Trebizond, and a 16th C king of Portugal. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Emanuel.

England
Dutch
● 1571 Emanuel AuFr Kermans; 1574 Jurmannelis ibid. Demetrij; 1578 Emanuel ibid. Meteren; 1579 Emanuel ibid. Meteren; 1583 Emanuel ibid. Meteren; 1585 Emanuel ibid. Murkens, Immanuel ibid. Meteren; 1586 Immanuel ibid. Meteren; 1597 Immanuel ibid. Kip
Early Modern English
● 1554 Emanuell BarnstapleBap p. 8; 1585 Manuell DEmar-vol2 p. 11; 1595 Emanuel ibid. p. 33; 1597 Emanuell HAmar-vol9 p. 69
Middle French
● 1586 Emanuel WCS p. 20; 1587 Emanuel ibid. p. 89; 1588 Emanuel ibid. p. 47; 1590 Emanuel ibid. p. 49
◑ 1595 Mannuel WCS p. 51
France
Middle French
● 1364 Manuel ActsCharlesV no. 123; 1562 Emmanuel RegPCC-1 p. 17
Italy
Latin
● 1376 Manuel (abl) DouGen1 p. 64, Manuele (abl) ibid. p. 24, Manuelis (gen) ibid. p. 257; 1464 Manuel (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI; 1536 Emanuel (nom) PNC 3, Emmanuelis (gen) ibid. 3
Spain
Latin
● 1487 Manuel (nom) carbonell-I p. 10, Manuelis (gen) ibid. p. 11; 1488 Manuel (nom) ibid. p. 22, Manuelis (gen) ibid. p. 22; 1489 Manuel (nom) ibid. p. 31; 1490 Manuel (nom) ibid. p. 40, Manuelis (gen) ibid. p. 39; 1491 Manuel (nom) ibid. p. 55, Manuelis (gen) ibid. p. 57; 1492 Manuelis (gen) ibid. p. 67
Catalan
● 1510 Manuel valencia1510 3741
Spanish
● 1576 Manuel Catalogo-5.2 3995
Switzerland
Latin
● 1370 Manuel (nom) Ob-SPVn (200)
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Emmanuel". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Emmanuel.