Manila

loc · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Manila is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country. Recorded meaning: city, Philippines.

rarermore common
  • ITItaly≈1 in 35K(inferred from the name graph)
  • DKDenmark1 in 178K
  • ALAlbania1 in 237K

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.

Italy (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,800 people, est.

Sources
70 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 35K (inferred from the name graph)

Italy, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Manille in FR France.

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)

city, Philippines

Sources 1

  • Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Manila 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 Manila is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy≈1,800 est.≈1 in 35K16Manila64
US United States2861 in 1.2M334—61
FR France≈67 est.≈1 in 1M—Manille70
CA Canada≈41 est.≈1 in 931K1—3
DK Denmark331 in 178K33——
SE Sweden191 in 537K19——
AL Albania131 in 237K13——
GY Guyana11 in 750K1——

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 2020; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. 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)

Manila is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Hong Kong, Philippines, Australia

    Languages: English, Chinese, Arabic

    Also written Mànilà, Mänîla, Mänïlã, Mẫnĩlẵ, Manilà

  • Hindi name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan

    Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu

    Also written ম্যানিলা, Myanila

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written మనలో, ManelA, Mainala, Manla, Manala

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Månìlä

  • Ukrainian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Маніла, Манила, Mănilă, Manìla

43 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)

Manila 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.

  • Salvezza di Dio

    as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

  • In Afrikaans, Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; the regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)

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

  • In Polish, Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)

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

  • In Indonesian, Manila (the capital of the Philippines)

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

  • In Finnish, manila (hemp)

    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)

19401960198020002020Gabriel Janer Manila, b. 1940Manila Nazzaro, b. 1977Manila Esposito, b. 2006

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 38 sources across 20 countries.

Official registers attesting Manila
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020334#64,360
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010298#66,371
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000182#93,427
IT Italy意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual)———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • 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

What does the name Manila mean, and where does it come from?
city, Philippines Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
In which country does Manila have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.8 thousand people named Manila in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled manila.
How common is the name Manila?
In the United States, the national register counted 286 people named Manila in 2020, about 1 in 1.2 million 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, “Manila”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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