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I like it a lot, but it might get mistaken for a girl's name (EMMAnuel) or called Emma as a teasing nickname.

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I prefer Emmanuel, because it looks more complete. David Emmanuel is excellent!

I prefer Emanuel

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Emmanuel just looks too long and too similar to Emma.

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I like David Emanuel and I also like Emanuel David. Maybe people find Em/m/anuel too uncommon or too "girly" (I hate that expression) as fn. But I also like the form Manuel. Manny seems like the obvious nn.

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"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party

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"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)

I love Emmanuel for someone else. It's just too Biblical for me personally. I might use Emmanuelle for a girl, which I think is even nicer.

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David Emmanuel - Anything with David as a first name is utterly gerneric. Emmanuel David would be a far better choice.

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I don't like Manny but it would be the obvious choice of nickname. You could also use Emmy.

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♥Elinor♥

David Emanuel is a very nice combo!

I really do love the name Emmanuel, but for me it's one of those names like Jesus that I haven't been comfortable using though I think it's wonderful. I'm always worried that a child with that name would make the name, or title as it were, less special for me and for people around me who are very religous. :(

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David Emmanuel is a really nice combo, I do like it a lot. David Manuel is also nice, WDYTO that?

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As for nicknames I like Manny, Manly, Em, Emmy, El, Eli, Elly.

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