Manuely History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Manuely

During the biblical era, a Jew held only one name. This name was joined with their father’s name typically using ‘ben’ (“son of”), to inform people who the individual’s family ties were.

Interestingly, the 4th century B.C. until the end of the Roman Empire it was quite common for Jews to have a Greek name rather than a Hebrew one. 1

The name Manuely has the literal meaning "God is with us," from the Hebrew given name "Imanuel." The surname was also a French surname used in the Middle Ages by Christians in honor of a minor third century martyr. Most early European surnames were formed in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, though this process had started somewhat earlier and had continued in some places well into the 19th century, but the norm is that in the tenth and eleventh centuries peoples did not have surnames, whereas by the fifteenth century most of the population had acquired a second name. Emanuel I, also Manuel 'the Fortunate' (1469-1521) was the king of Portugal, and succeeded John II in 1495. His reign, marred by persecution and expelling of all Jews from Portugal, was, in some ways, however, that country's golden age. He prepared the code of laws which bears his name, and made his court a centre of chivalry, art and science. The discovery of Brazil and other expeditions, encouraged by Emanuel, did much to make Portugal the first naval power of Europe and the commercial centre of the continent.

Manuely Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Emanuel, Emanueli, Emanuelov, Manuely and many more.