>
Throughout the world, Mania (Mania
, Маня
, מניה
) is a common gender-neutral forename. The first name Mania is characteristic of Georgia, where it is quite a common female name, Syria, where it is quite a rare girly name, and Greece. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in India, Georgia, and Russia. Likewise, Mania is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Mania | Georgia, India, Poland, Indonesia, Germany |
| Маня | Kazakhstan, Russia, United States, Armenia, Ukraine |
| מניה | Israel |
| マニア | Japan |
Mania is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Maria Mironova , the character in "The Captain's Daughter" by Pushkin; Masha , the character in the play "The Seagull"; Maria Dmitrievna Akhrosimova , the operatic character in the opera Krieg und Frieden, War and Peace; Mariya Darry , the character in A Song of Ice and Fire and Умная Маша , among other works.