Re: What's behind YOUR name?
MANUEL m English, Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: MAN-yoo-el (English), mawn-WEL (Spanish), mawn-oo-EL (Portuguese)
Short English form of EMMANUEL, as well as the Spanish and Portuguese normal form. This was the name of two kings of Portugal and two Byzantine emperors.
EMMANUEL m Biblical, French, English
Pronounced: e-man-WEL (French), e-MAN-yoo-el (English)
Means "God is with us" in Hebrew. This was the foretold name of the Messiah in the Old Testament.