Manie

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Manie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Obsolete spelling of many.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 753K(measured from records)
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 20K
  • BWBotswana≈1 in 41K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Africa (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,800 people, est.

Sources
140 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)

South Africa, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Obsolete spelling of many.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Manie 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.

Where Manie is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZA South Africa≈2,800 est.≈1 in 20K—Manie49
PH Philippines≈760 est.≈1 in 143K—Manie21
US United States4421 in 753K373Manie140
FR France≈99 est.≈1 in 683K36—2
GB United Kingdom≈85 est.≈1 in 771K—Manie33
BW Botswana≈57 est.≈1 in 41Klisted—2
NL Netherlands≈35 est.≈1 in 493K74Manie14
JM Jamaica≈11 est.≈1 in 253K—Manie2

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; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Manie is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Congo - Kinshasa, South Africa

    Also written Maniè, Manïe, Mänïë, Maniė, Månie

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, South Africa, Peru

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Mañie, Manié

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Manié

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Manié

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Manie is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Polish, synonym of maliny

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In fur, sleeve

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Romanian, MANÍE, manii, s. f. 1. Boală mintală manifestată prin euforie, stare de excitație psihomotorie, logoree, halucinații, incoerență a gândirii etc.; p. ext. idee fixă care preocupă pe cineva. 2. (Cu sens atenuat) Preocupare exagerată pentru ceva; deprindere bizară. V. capriciu, toană.

    as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology

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)

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 10 countries.

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • 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 Manie mean, and where does it come from?
Obsolete spelling of many. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Manie a male or female name?
Manie 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.
In which country does Manie have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.8 thousand people named Manie in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled manie.
How common is the name Manie?
In the United States, the national register counted 442 people named Manie in 2020, about 1 in 753 thousand residents.

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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, “Manie”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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