Mana

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Mann in US United States, GB United Kingdom, NO Norway and 9 more, Man in AR Argentina, HK Hong Kong, MX Mexico, Muñ in CR Costa Rica, PE Peru and Maina in NG Nigeria, BR Brazil.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

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

• English given name37K records spelled Mana38 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Australia, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Manae, Man-A, Maña, Maná, Maenae

• Spanish given name33K records spelled Mana47 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Brazil, United States, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Maña, Maná, Mañá, Mañà, Man-A

• Japanese given name27K records spelled Mana2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Japan, India, United States, Canada

  Also written Ma-Na

• a separate given name22K records spelled Mana9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Ethiopia, Pakistan

  Also written Maña, Mañá, Mañà, Maná, Maňa

• Swahili given name6.7K records spelled Mana5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Nigeria, United States, South Africa

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Mañá

52 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●

Mana 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.

• a Deva (P); Balarama (N); Siva (N)

  as a name·Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

• ‘True’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Russian, "attract."

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In tut-pro, many, big

  as a word·StarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

• In pi, Interpretation of many of the inflectional forms of manas (“mind”)

  as a word·kaikki.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.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 107 years between 1899–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Mana Kumagaib. 1961JPJapanese critic (1961-)
• Mana Iwamotob. 1964JPJapanese journalist and dermatologist
• Mana Hiratab. 1985JPJapanese actress and voice actress
• Mana Nakaob. 1986JPJapanese association football player
• Mana Iwabuchib. 1993JPJapanese association football player
• Mana Sakurab. 1993JPJapanese AV idol
• Mana Ogawab. 1993JPJapanese actress and singer
• Mana Kinjob. 1996JPJapanese actress (1996-2020)
• Mana Ashidab. 2004JPJapanese actress and singer
• Mana NakazoraJPJapanese economic analyst

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 546 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mana?

We estimate roughly 644 thousand people bear Mana (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Mana have the most bearers?

We estimate about 464 thousand people bear Mana in South Korea, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled 문.

How common is Mana compared with other names?

In South Korea, Mana is the 24th most common surname of 14,083 surnames recorded there.

Is Mana a male or female name?

Mana 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 does the name Mana mean?

Recorded meaning: opinion; dwelling; measure; likeness; resemblance; notion; idea; purpose; pride; respect; honour.