Måni

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

rarermore common
  • ISIceland1 in 1.2K(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 54K
  • USUnited States1 in 176K

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
28 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Iceland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Mani in US United States, ES Spain.

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)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Måni 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 Måni is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,8881 in 176K3KMani21
IS Iceland2891 in 1.2K289——
SE Sweden1891 in 54K189—3
BR Brazil1421 in 1.5M142—1
ES Spain471 in 1.1M231Mani3
DK Denmark331 in 178K42——
FI Finland141 in 398K77—1

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; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Måni 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 Måni 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.
Is Måni a male or female name?
Måni 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 Måni have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.9 thousand people named Måni, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mani.
Where is Måni most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Måni is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 1.2 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Måni?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,888 people named Måni in 2020, about 1 in 176 thousand residents.

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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, “Måni”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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