Manu
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A method of diving similar to a cannonball/bomb but with the lower back entering the water first, causing a large splash
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈmɑˌnu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Manu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country.
- ATAustria≈1 in 4.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- ESSpain1 in 92K
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 167as Man
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 Manu 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 4.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈69,000 named মন, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Austria, 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 3 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)
Manu the progenitor (P); name of many men
Sources 1
- Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
How Manu is read(measured from records)
Manu is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Hindi53%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Manu in Hindi.
- French8.7%
- English6.8%
A method of diving similar to a cannonball/bomb but with the lower back entering the water first, causing a large splash.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Spanish6.2%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Manu in Spanish.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Manu 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 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.5K | 2.4K | Mann | 71 |
| ES Spain | — | 544 | 1 in 92K | 22K | Manu | 60 |
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); 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); Page provides top names for Bangladesh published by Students of the World.; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). 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)
Manu is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Manu the progenitor (P); name of many men
as a nameSunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names
In Akan, Akan (Ghana): name used for second-born children
as a nameAfrican Names
In pi, An Indian sage of old who wrote a work for the guidance of kings in good government.’ ^.g., Cv. lxxx. 9, 55; lxxxiif. 6; lxxxiv. 2; xcvi. 26.
as a nameDictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol II (N-H)
name of person who wrote code of conduct for Hindus
as a nameA Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India
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)
- Manu Dibangob. 1933CMCameroonian musician and songwriter, recording artist (1933–2020)
- Manu Katchéb. 1958FRFrench drummer, studio musician, composer, singer, lyricist, percussionist and music producer (born 1958)
- Manu Chaob. 1961FRSpanish musician
- Manu Bennettb. 1969NZNew Zealand actor
- Manu Payetb. 1975FRFrench actor, comedian, radio and television presenter
- Gilles Sunub. 1991FRnot in their usual nameTogolese-French footballer (born 1991)
- Manuel Garcíab. 1998ESnot in their usual nameSpanish footballer (born 1998)
- Manu Prakashb. 2000USbiophysicist
- Manu Konéb. 2001FRFrench footballer (born 2001)
- Manu Bhakerb. 2002INIndian sport shooter
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)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 84 sources across 39 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.6K | #7,815 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 544 | #4,309 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 470 | #2,204 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 356 | #7,815 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 102 | #8,445 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 50 | #11,948 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 41 | #2,697 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 38 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 24 | #17,668 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 23 | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2023 | 10 | #1,753 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1996 | 5 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- Where does the name Manu come from?
- Manu the progenitor (P); name of many men Recorded by Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names.
- What does the name Manu mean?
- In English, A method of diving similar to a cannonball/bomb but with the lower back entering the water first, causing a large splash.
- How do you pronounce Manu?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈmɑˌnu/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Manu a male or female name?
- Manu 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.
- What are other forms of the name Manu?
- In the etymology graph, Magnus, Manolo and Nela are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Manuel.
- How common is the name Manu?
- In Spain, the national register counted 544 people named Manu, about 1 in 92 thousand residents.
- How common is Manu compared with other names?
- In Bangladesh, Manu is the 409th most common given name of 29,323 given names recorded there.
- In which country does Manu have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 69 thousand people named মন in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/manuThe 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, “Manu” — the 409th most common given name in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.