Manoah

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A Hebrew name meaning 'rest' or 'quiet', historically associated with the father of the biblical strongman Samson

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

/manoa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Manoah is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kenya than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 152K(inferred from the name graph)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 35K
  • KEKenya≈1 in 73K

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.

Kenya (inferred from the name graph)

≈730 people, est.

Sources
108 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 35K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A Hebrew name meaning 'rest' or 'quiet', historically associated with the father of the biblical strongman Samson.

Sources 1

  • Biblical Names Compiled Database

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Manoah 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 Manoah is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
KE Kenya≈730 est.≈1 in 73K—Manoah10
NG Nigeria≈590 est.≈1 in 366K—Manoah15
NL Netherlands4941 in 35K360Manoah9
FR France≈450 est.≈1 in 152K1.1KManoah108
US United States2551 in 1.3M241Manoah101
BE Belgium≈57 est.≈1 in 205K—Manoah13
DK Denmark171 in 345K17——

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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

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

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Spain, Philippines

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Manoaḥ

  • Arabic name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Mānôaḥ

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Manoaḥ

  • Hebrew given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, Bulgaria, Georgia, India

    Also written מנוח

39 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)

Manoah 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.

  • Manoah represents the faithful seeker of divine guidance, particularly in the context of parenting and stewardship of God's promises.

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • In English, The father of the biblical strongman Samson.

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

  • Rest

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • Riposo

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

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalBonjour Manoah,Hi Manoah, (English)

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 26 sources across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Manoah
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (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 Manoah mean, and where does it come from?
A Hebrew name meaning 'rest' or 'quiet', historically associated with the father of the biblical strongman Samson. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
How do you pronounce Manoah?
A machine transcription gives /manoa/ (IPA) for French.
Is Manoah a male or female name?
Manoah is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Manoah have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 732 people named Manoah in Kenya, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled manoah.
Where is Manoah most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Manoah is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 35 thousand people — even though Kenya holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Manoah?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 494 people named Manoah, about 1 in 35 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, “Manoah”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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