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Immanuel (M)>

Immanuel (male)

Pet Name(s):Man (M) Mannie (M) Manny (M)
Can be spelt:Emanuel (M) Emmanuel (M) Imanuel (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Personal communication [RS]
Notes: German, and occasionally English, from Hebrew "God is with us"; OT Isaiah 7:14; NT Matthew 1:23. See Emanuel for links to other names.

The spelling Immanuel is used in the Old Testament of the Authorised Version of the Bible but the spelling used in the New Testament is Emmanuel, the more usual spelling in English-speaking communities.