Màni

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Màni is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Bahrain it is the 63rd most common given name. Recorded meaning: , occasionally 2 Sanskrit: ‘jewel’; also used to denote the phallus. The name carries magical or mystical connotations.

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 54K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 176K
  • DKDenmark1 in 178K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,888 people, 2020

Sources
66 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 54K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Mani in BH Bahrain.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

, occasionally 2 Sanskrit: ‘jewel’; also used to denote the phallus. The name carries magical or mystical connotations. It is often used as a short form of Subrahma- nya, son of Shiva and brother of Ganesh.

Sources 11

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • African Names
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)

Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Màni counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Màni is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—1,8881 in 176K3K—66
SE Sweden—1891 in 54K189—5
BR Brazil—1421 in 1.5M142——
ES Spain—471 in 1.1M231—6
DK Denmark—331 in 178K42——
FI Finland—141 in 398K77——
BH Bahrain#63———Mani13

1,888 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Màni is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name31 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, India, United States, Belgium

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Mani, Muani, Mãnî, Manï, Manî

  • a separate given name17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Mexico, Colombia, United States

    Also written Mani, Maní, Månį, Mäni, Månî

  • Hindi given name31 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Singapore, Malaysia

    Languages: Hindi, Khmer, Indonesian

    Also written Mani, Muani, மணி, Mu'Ani, മണി

  • Spanish given name62 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, India, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Mani, Manes, Maní, Muani, Mañi

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Màni under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Màni mean, and where does it come from?
, occasionally 2 Sanskrit: ‘jewel’; also used to denote the phallus. The name carries magical or mystical connotations. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and African Names and 9 other sources.
In which country does Màni have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.9 thousand people named Màni, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Màni most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Màni is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 54 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Màni?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,888 people named Màni in 2020, about 1 in 176 thousand residents.
How common is Màni compared with other names?
In Bahrain, Màni is the 63rd most common given name of 6,583 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Màni” — the 63rd most common given name in Bahrain. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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