ManciafMedieval Catalan A Roman cognomen deriving from Latin mancia "crippled, maimed, powerless".
MancikafSlovene Diminutive of Manca, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.
MancinagrossmMedieval Italian Derived from Italian mancina meaning "left-handed person" and Latin grossus meaning "great, large; thick; coarse".
MancipicellefArthurian Cycle A malicious maiden who tried to cause Gawain’s death by luring him into a battle against the mighty Sir Guiromelant. The ruse failed, and Mancipicelle later apologized.
MandanafPersian Modern Persian form of Mandane, also associated with the Persian verb ماندن (mândan) meaning "to remain, to stay; to endure, to last; to survive".
MandanefOld Persian (Hellenized) Greek form of the Old Persian name *Mandanā- meaning "delighting, cheerful". This was the name of the mother of Cyrus the Great, a daughter of the Median king Astyages... [more]
MandaravafBuddhism From the name of a type of evergreen tree that bears bright orange-red flowers (scientific name Erythrina stricta). This was the name of a consort and student of the legendary 8th-century Buddhist teacher Padmasambhava... [more]
MandinafMedieval Catalan The meaning of this name is obscured, hypotheses include a derivation from Germanic *mendan "to rejoice" or a derivation from Amanda.
MandrakemLiterature From the English word mandrake, derived from Latin mandragora, referring to a type of plant. This name is used for a main character in the American comic strip Mandrake the Magician 1939.
MandravasmLithuanian Derived from manti meaning "to think" and dravas meaning "strong like a tree".
MandulafMedieval Hungarian Derived from Hungarian mandula "almond". This name was borne by a lover of Ladislaus IV of Hungary.
MandulismEgyptian Mythology Mandulis was a god of ancient Nubia also worshipped in Egypt. The name Mandulis is the Greek form of Merul or Melul, a non-Egyptian name.
ManelickmSpanish (Mexican, Rare) Variant of Manelich. Known bearers include Manelick "Mane" de la Parra Borja (1982-), a Mexican singer, and his father, Mexican writer and editor Manelick de la Parra Vargas.
Manetam & fShona It means "You are tired or weary."
ManethomAncient Egyptian (Hellenized) From Μανεθών (Manethṓn), a Greek form of an Egyptian name which has been lost in time. This was the name of what is believed to be an Egyptian priest from Sebennytos who lived in the Ptolemaic Kingdom in the early 3rd-century BC.
ManfeifChinese From the Chinese 曼 (màn) meaning "long, extended, vast, beautiful" combined with 斐 (fěi) meaning "graceful, elegant". Other character combinations are possible.
MangafMedieval Hungarian, Hungarian (Rare) Of uncertain origin and meaning. In medieval times, it might have been a variant of Magna, today, however, it is rather considered a diminutive of Margit and its variants.
Mangalam & fHinduism, Buddhism, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu, Sinhalese Means "auspicious, lucky" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the Sanskrit masculine form मङ्गल and the feminine form मङ्गला. The masculine form refers to the Hindu god of anger, aggression and war who personifies the planet Mars, while the feminine form is used as another name for the goddess Parvati... [more]
ManganamIndigenous Tasmanian Meaning unknown. This was the name of the father of Trugernanner (often referred to as Truganini), who was the last full-blooded Tasmanian Aboriginal, dying in 1876.
MangiafuocomLiterature Mangiafuoco, literally "Fire-Eater", is the fictional director and puppet master of the Great Marionette Theatre, who appears in Carlo Collodi's book The Adventures of Pinocchio.
MángilikfGreenlandic Greenlandic name meaning "the one with the drum song", from a combination of manngaluartoq "singing (drum-)songs" and -lik, a Greenlandic suffix meaning "equipped with" that denotes that the the root word is a form of amulet or helper spirit.
MangounmArthurian Cycle In Robert Biket’s Lai du Cor, the King of Moraine, he sent a horn to Arthur’s court which would expose any infedility on the part of his wife.... [more]
MangraimHistory Meaning uncertain. This was the name of the first king of the Lan Na kingdom, the founder of Chiang Rai and a partial namesake of its eponymous province in what is now northern Thailand.
Manhattanf & mObscure In reference to the New York City borough of Manhattan, which derives from the word Manna-hata, as written in the 1609 logbook of Robert Juet, an officer on Henry Hudson's yacht Halve Maen (Half Moon)... [more]
Man-huim & fKorean From Sino-Korean 萬 "ten thousand; innumerable" or 蔓 "creeping plants, tendrils, vines" (man), and 熙 "bright, splendid, glorious" or 姬 "beauty; imperial concubine" (hui).
ManiafEtruscan Mythology, Roman Mythology In Roman and Etruscan mythology, Mania was a goddess of the dead. She, along with Mantus, ruled the underworld. She was said to be the mother of ghosts, the undead, and other spirits of the night, as well as the Lares and the Manes... [more]
ManicmPopular Culture Manic the Hedgehog is a green anthropomorphic hedgehog from the Sonic Underground animated series. He is the brother of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonia the Hedgehog, as well the youngest son of Queen Aleena.... [more]
ManicafSlovene Originally a diminutive of Marija, used as a given name in its own right.
ManichanfLao From the Lao ມະນີ (mani) meaning "jewel, gem, amulet" and ຈັນ (chan) meaning "moon".
ManikandanmIndian, Malayalam, Tamil Means "one with a bell around his neck" from Malayalam മണി (mani) or Tamil மணி (mani) meaning "bell" and Malayalam കണ്ഠം (kantham) or Tamil கந்தம் (kantam) meaning "neck, throat"... [more]
ManikprabhumIndian He was a king and now he is a Executive Programmer in ISQT Inernational Bangalore
ManilafEnglish (American, Rare) Derived from the place name Manila, which refers to the capital city of the Philippines. It rose in popularity in the United States in 1898, when Spain lost the colony of the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.
ManinidramGuanche Possibly means "splendor of the lineage" in Guanche. Maninidra was the name of a Guanche guayre (leader) from Gran Canaria and a close relative to the guanarteme (king) Tenesor Semidán... [more]
ManjiroumJapanese From Japanese 万 (man) meaning "very many", 次 (ji) meaning "next", 治 (ji) meaning "govern, regulate, administer" or 二 (ji) meaning "two" combined with 郎 (rou) meaning "son". Other combinations of kanji characters can also be possible.
MannafDutch (Rare) When the new born child was to be named after a male grandparent named Herman or Hermannus, the female baby was named Manna.
Mannaf & mFinnish Manna was originally a male name, coming from the names Immanuel and Mauno. Later, Manna has been used as a female name, because it ends in an "a".