Florian or Emmanuel?

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Just that, really. Expecting lots of 'neither' responses - I promise I won't be offended

Thanks in advance!

Florian! Loveeee it

Those are very German name choices - are you living in Germany? Both very common among school age kids where we live in Germany.

Emanuel is quite religious sounding obviously and I think personally that it's an odd choice for a non religious family. Lends itself to nicknames, though not bad ones.

Florians always become Flo IME, which to an English native ear sounds feminine, but not to Germans.

I'm not mad keen on either tbh but neither are objectionable. Which would depend whether your Christians - calling a baby born to atheists Emmanuel is as odd as calling him Christian.

Emanuel can also be spelt 2 ways I think (one or 2 ms) if that's a consideration.

Florian

Thanks! I know, we've ended up with very German choices! But nope, neither of us are German... or religious! We just think they're both lovely, handsome-but-soft masculine names.

The advantage with Emmanuel is that it can be shortened in ways which would be acceptable in the UK (Manny, Manu), whereas Florian's nicknames are just too feminine - Flo, Florrie. So he'd pretty much be stuck with Florian.

I went to a Church of England primary school and did Religious Studies at A Level but still didn't realise until very recently just how religious a name Emmanuel was. I would've associated Moses / Noah / Jonah etc. with Christian parents, but thought Emmanuel was along the lines of Abraham - i.e., religious but not in the way you'd instantly think "oh the parents must be very churchy"...

Emmanuel literally means Messiah doesn't it? As featured in such popular carols as "oh come, oh come, Emmanuel!" (Atheist with a c of e upbringing and traumatic childhood memories of endless out of tune hymn singing in a freezing c of e church which refuse to fade )

I see what you mean about nickname possibilities though.

Florian! Great name.

There's been a few threads asking about those names, they seem to be having a popularity surge.

I'd say being called Emmanuel would be a ball ache at Christmas listening to all those carols.

Florian doesn't sound masculine to me at all. Actually thought it was a girls name til I read the full post !

I dislike both tbh, but purely because I think Florian sounds more girly (although they both do!) , I'd pick Emmanuel

Emmanuel literally means 'God with us' (Messiah means 'Anointed One'), though both are titles given to Jesus.

Personally I have a slight preference for Emmanuel, though neither are really my taste.

Florian becomes a female name if you stick an email on the end. I know lots of male Florians, children and adults, and one young female Floriane (pronounced floree-en), but not in the UK.

Lots of male names become female names by adding a letter though (Paula, Karla, Simina, Leona, Freda...)

Emmanuel = the series of soft porn films to me

An e (the letter) not an email

I like florian. Could always call him Ian for short

Florian. I have a huge soft spot for that name

I really like both!

I think Emmanuel slightly pips it for me though, it’s a bit less stereotypically “posh”.

Emmanuel

Emmanuel shortens to Emma.
Florian ditto to Flora.
Maybe you'll have a girl.

The only Florian I know seems to have ended up with Flossie as a nickname (he’s in his early 50s).

I love both names. (But I was born and raised in Germany...)

I personally don't like the nn Manu but apart from that they're both great.
I feel like Emmanuel might work a bit better in the UK? (Florian could be mistaken for Florianne...) But I'm not a native English speaker so I might be wrong about that...

And o come o come Emmanuel (or veni, veni..) is beautiful imo...

I also like Immanuel.

I know quite a few Florians and the only nickname they've ever had (if at all) is Flo.

And Emmanuel Manny.

Emmanuel means (as already mentioned) God is with us.

The connection of the name (from the OT prophecy) with Christ/the Messiah is because of the Matthew evangelium, which talks about the fulfilment of prophecy and the name of the Messiah being Emmanuel, I believe... It's only mentioned once in the NT (as far as I know), so idk whether the name is actually regarded as particularly Christian in the UK/"mainstream" culture?

Love Florian!
Emmanuel often gets shortened to Manny.

Definitely Florian!

Florian , love it