Mänu

given name · Latin script

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

Mänu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From English manager, associated with the given name Manu.

rarermore common
  • ESSpain1 in 92K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 175K
  • FIFinland1 in 2.6K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Finland (measured from records)

2,111 people

Sources
238 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Manu in ES Spain, US United States, UY Uruguay.

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)

From English manager, associated with the given name Manu.

Sources 8

  • A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India
  • Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol II (N-H)
  • The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
  • Digital Pāḷi Dictionary
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mänu 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 Mänu is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FI Finland—2,1111 in 2.6K2.5K—9
US United States—1,9061 in 175K1.6KManu133
BR Brazil—1,1891 in 178K1.2K—2
ES Spain#5805441 in 92K544Manu123
SE Sweden—1021 in 100K102—7
DK Denmark—411 in 143K41——
SI Slovenia—161 in 131K18—1
UY Uruguay#451≈2 est.≈1 in 1.8M—Manu24

2,111 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register). 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: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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)

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

  • German given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland

    Also written Maenu, Mäñù, Maeñù

  • English given name35 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, India, Nigeria

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Manu, Manú, Manū, Manù, Man-U

  • Finnish given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, India, United States, Italy

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Manu, Manù, Mánü, Mánu

  • Korean given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Korea, United States, India, Italy

    Also written 만우, Manu, Manwoo, Mano, Man-Woo

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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Mänu is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In apb, bird, insect

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In apb, to float

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Mänu 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 Mänu mean, and where does it come from?
From English manager, associated with the given name Manu. Recorded by A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India and Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol II (N-H) and 6 other sources.
Is Mänu a male or female name?
Mänu is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Mänu have the most bearers?
In Finland, the national register counted about 2.1 thousand people named Mänu, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Mänu most common?
Mänu is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.6 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Mänu?
In Finland, the national register counted 2,111 people named Mänu, about 1 in 2.6 thousand residents.
How common is Mänu compared with other names?
In Uruguay, Mänu is the 451st most common given name of 12,212 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, “Mänu” — the 451st most common given name in Uruguay. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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