Mana
given name · Latin script
Meaning: opinion; dwelling; measure; likeness; resemblance; notion; idea; purpose; pride; respect; honour
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/mɑnə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Mana is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country.
- JPJapan≈1 in 2.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 167as Man
- SESweden1 in 477as Mona
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Mana itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 534 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈69,000 named মন, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Mann in US United States, NO Norway, SE Sweden and 2 more, Man in JP Japan, HK Hong Kong and মন in BD Bangladesh.
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)
opinion; dwelling; measure; likeness; resemblance; notion; idea; purpose; pride; respect; honour.
Sources 1
- The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mana 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD Bangladesh | #409 | ≈69,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | 1 | মন | 62 |
| JP Japan | — | ≈44,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | — | Man | 55 |
| HK Hong Kong | #149 | ≈43,000 est. | ≈1 in 167 | — | Man | 39 |
| US United States | — | 37,167as Mona | 1 in 8.9K | 84K | Mann | 534 |
| SE Sweden | — | 21,386as Mona | 1 in 477 | 21K | Mann | 49 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Mann | 51 |
| NO Norway | — | 12,286as Mona | 1 in 445 | 41K | Mann | 25 |
| DK Denmark | — | 7,880as Mona | 1 in 745 | 7.9K | Mann | 54 |
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 2010; SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Page provides top names for Bangladesh published by Students of the World.; 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Mana is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
a Deva (P); Balarama (N); Siva (N)
as a nameSunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names
‘True’.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In Russian, "attract."
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
In tut-pro, many, big
as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)
In pi, Interpretation of many of the inflectional forms of manas (“mind”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Mana Kumagaib. 1961JPJapanese critic (1961-)
- Mana Iwamotob. 1964JPJapanese journalist and dermatologist
- Mana Hiratab. 1985JPJapanese actress and voice actress
- Mana Nakaob. 1986JPJapanese association football player
- Mana Iwabuchib. 1993JPJapanese association football player
- Mana Sakurab. 1993JPJapanese AV idol
- Mana Ogawab. 1993JPJapanese actress and singer
- Mana Kinjob. 1996JPJapanese actress (1996-2020)
- Mana Ashidab. 2004JPJapanese actress and singer
- Mana NakazoraJPJapanese economic analyst
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 77 sources across 40 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2K | #6,647 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 361 | #6,647 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 179 | #5,657 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 113 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 108 | #7,320 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 33 | #3,495 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 24 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 20 | #18,594 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 6 | — |
Reference works 8
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Mana mean, and where does it come from?
- opinion; dwelling; measure; likeness; resemblance; notion; idea; purpose; pride; respect; honour. Recorded by The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys.
- In which country does Mana have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 69 thousand people named মন in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold.
- Is Mana a male or female name?
- Mana 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.
- How do you pronounce Mana?
- A machine transcription gives /mɑnə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- How common is the name Mana?
- In the United States, the national register counted 37,167 people named Mona in 2020, about 1 in 8.9 thousand residents.
- How common is Mana compared with other names?
- In Bangladesh, Mana is the 409th most common given name of 29,323 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Mana?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/manaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Mana” — the 409th most common given name in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.