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Emmanuel

/eh-MAN-yoo-el/Luganda & Igbo & Kikuyu & Lingala & Shona & Zulu · a boy’s name

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In Luganda

How to say it
eh-MAN-yoo-el
Given to
Boys
Used in
Uganda
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

EmmanuelImmanuelImanuweli

Nicknames & short forms

Emma

From the same family

In Igbo

How to say it
ee-MAN-yoo-el
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria
How common
very common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Emmanuel

Nicknames & short forms

From the same family

In Kikuyu

How to say it
ee-MAN-yoo-el
Given to
Boys
Used in
Kenya
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Emmanuel

Nicknames & short forms

EmmaManu

From the same family

In Lingala

How to say it
eh-man-wel
Given to
Boys
Used in
DR Congo, Congo-Brazzaville
How common
very common · also a surname
For a girl
Emmanuelle

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Emmanuel

Nicknames & short forms

From the same family

In Shona

How to say it
ih-MAN-yoo-el
Given to
Boys
Used in
Zimbabwe
How common
very common · also a surname

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

EmmanuelImmanuel

Nicknames & short forms

EmaManu

From the same family

In Zulu

How to say it
eh-MAN-yoo-el
Given to
Boys
Used in
South Africa
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

EmmanuelImmanuel

Nicknames & short forms

From the same family