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Manuela

Pronounced mah-noo-EH-lah

“Hawaiian form of Manuel”

Manuel in HawaiianMore boy names

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mah·noo·EH·lah

4 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

What does Manuela mean in Hawaiian?

Manuela is a Hawaiian boy name that means Hawaiian form of Manuel. It is pronounced mah-noo-EH-lah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Manuela belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.

Manuel in Hawaiian

Manuela is the Hawaiian form of Manuel, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Manuel means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Manuel in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.

How to pronounce Manuela

Say every vowel. The vowels in Manuela are a as in “father”, u as “oo”, e as in “bet”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.

Is Manuela a boy or girl name?

Manuela is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.

How often Manuela is given in the U.S.

Social Security records show 10,901 U.S. babies named Manuela since 1880, but that spelling is mostly the Spanish name, so the count says little about the Hawaiian name.

How well recorded is Manuela?

Manuela has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Manuela?

mah-noo-EH-lah, in 4 syllables, with the stress on EH.

Is Manuela a girl's or a boy's name?

Manuela is used mainly as a boy name, though Hawaiian names carry no grammatical gender and it can be given to any child.

What does Manuela mean in Hawaiian?

Hawaiian form of Manuel.

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

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