Emanuel
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Immanuel. From Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל (imanu'él), from עִמָּנוּ אֵל (imánu él, literally “God is with us”).
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Emanuel (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Emanuel has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2002. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 63 |
| 1999 | 73 |
| 2000 | 80 |
| 2001 | 87 |
| 2002 | 100 |
| 2003 | 90 |
| 2004 | 70 |
| 2005 | 75 |
| 2006 | 83 |
| 2007 | 80 |
| 2008 | 84 |
| 2009 | 84 |
| 2010 | 80 |
| 2011 | 66 |
| 2012 | 89 |
| 2013 | 85 |
| 2014 | 64 |
| 2015 | 75 |
| 2016 | 91 |
| 2017 | 89 |
| 2018 | 83 |
| 2019 | 61 |
| 2020 | 78 |
| 2021 | 70 |
| 2022 | 59 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,572 |
| 2000 | 1,655 |
| 2001 | 1,749 |
| 2002 | 1,855 |
| 2003 | 1,963 |
| 2004 | 2,055 |
| 2005 | 2,126 |
| 2006 | 2,214 |
| 2007 | 2,300 |
| 2008 | 2,407 |
| 2009 | 2,489 |
| 2010 | 2,572 |
| 2011 | 2,641 |
| 2012 | 2,742 |
| 2013 | 2,832 |
| 2014 | 2,894 |
| 2015 | 2,972 |
| 2016 | 3,062 |
| 2017 | 3,156 |
| 2018 | 3,248 |
| 2019 | 3,328 |
| 2020 | 3,417 |
Emanuel in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Emanuel.Hi! My name is Emanuel.
- Emanuel har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Emanuel has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Emanuel kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Emanuel is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Emanuels mamma är lärare.Emanuel's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Emanuels mamma is Emanuel's mum.
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Questions about Emanuel
How do you pronounce Emanuel in Swedish?
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What does the name Emanuel mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Immanuel. From Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל (imanu'él), from עִמָּנוּ אֵל (imánu él, literally “God is with us”).
How popular is Emanuel in Sweden?
59 babies were named Emanuel in 2022. In 2020, 3,417 people in Sweden had Emanuel as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2002 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.