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Across the world, Manabu (学 , Manabu , マナブ ) is a common largely boy's, but infrequently female first name. The forename Manabu is habitual in China, where it is quite a rare mostly male, but seldom female name, Japan, where it is a rare boy's name, and Indonesia, where it is a very rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in China, Japan, and India. Likewise, Manabu is the last name as well as the forename.
Manabu is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Manabu Yukawa , the character from Keigo Higashino's Galileo series, The Devotion of Suspect X and Manabu Itagaki , the fictional character from Hajime no Ippo.