Lin-manuel

Notably borne by singer, writer, film-maker, and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, this distinctive double-barrelled name is a poetic choice. It comes from the poem Nana roja para mi hijo Lin Manuel ("Red Lullaby for My Son Lin Manuel") by the Puerto Rican writer José Manuel Torres Santiago, about the Vietnam War, making it a literary option.

Manuel comes from Hebrew Emmanuel, meaning "God is with us", however, Lin may have its roots in a variety of languages. It could come from the Vietnamese Linh, meaning "spirit, soul", from the Chinese Lin, meaning "forest" or "jade", or, it may be a variation of Linus, used in Russian, Bulgarian, French, and occasionally Spanish too. In the latter case, it would mean "flax".

Pronounced lin-mahn-WEL.