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Around the world, Manabe (マナベ , Manabe , まなべ) is a rare gender-neutral first name. The first name Manabe is habitual in South Africa, where it is a rare unisex name, China, where it is an extremely rare predominantly male, but very seldom girly name, and India, where it is an extremely rare girly name. Much less frequently, Manabe is the last name as well as the forename.
Manabe is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .