Manana
given name · Georgian · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Manana is a given name, with more bearers in Georgia than in any other country, where it is the 24th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Georgian and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: meditation; reflection; thought; intelligence; understanding.
- GEGeorgia1 in 123◐
- RURussia1 in 51K
- UAUkraine1 in 190K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈34K ●
- 5 ●
- Sources
- 108 ●
- 1 in 123 ◐
across 9 countries
recorded for this name
94K records
Official registry-verified
Georgia
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Манана in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, ZW Zimbabwe and 4 more, มะระนะ in TH Thailand and Mañana in LA Laos.
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●
meditation; reflection; thought; intelligence; understanding
Sources 1
- The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE Georgia | #24 | 32,434 | 78K rec. | 1 in 123 | 32K | Manana | 49 |
| RU Russia | #948 | 20,313 | 8.1K rec. | — | #1,653 | Манана | 108 |
| UA Ukraine | — | 1,659 | 1.6K rec. | — | — | Манана | 23 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 1,209 | 904 rec. | — | — | Manana | 11 |
| ZA South Africa | — | 856 | 3K rec. | — | — | Manana | 29 |
| ZW Zimbabwe | #141 | 617 | 1 rec. | — | — | Манана | 3 |
| BR Brazil | — | 510△ | 6 rec. | 1 in 415K | 654 | Manana | 7 |
| US United States | — | 287 | 833 rec. | 1 in 1.2M | 367 | Manana | 49 |
| TH Thailand | — | 254 | 206 rec. | — | #493,663 | มะระนะ | 23 |
| ES Spain | — | 230 | 421 rec. | 1 in 217K | 554 | Manana | 12 |
| PL Poland | — | 223△ | 4 rec. | 1 in 172K | 223 | Manana | 7 |
| IT Italy | — | 62 | 68 rec. | — | listed | Manana | 5 |
Roughly 32K people in Georgia bear this name (about 1 in 123). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Georgian132K92%
- English2.2K2%
- Hindi2.2K2%
- Spanish1.1K1%
- Polish9051%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Georgian | 131,553 | 92% |
| English | 2,223 | 2% |
| Hindi | 2,184 | 2% |
| Spanish | 1,093 | 1% |
| Polish | 905 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Manana 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.
Lustrous
as a nameThe book of African names
In Welsh, nasal mutation of banana
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Finnish, essive singular of mana
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Malagasy, to possess, own
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In lmy, yesterday
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.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 1 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1927 | 2 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1931 | 1 |
| 1932 | 1 |
| 1934 | 1 |
| 1936 | 1 |
| 1937 | 2 |
| 1938 | 3 |
| 1939 | 3 |
| 1940 | 4 |
| 1941 | 5 |
| 1942 | 6 |
| 1943 | 1 |
| 1944 | 6 |
| 1945 | 4 |
| 1946 | 8 |
| 1947 | 7 |
| 1948 | 3 |
| 1949 | 2 |
| 1950 | 2 |
| 1951 | 8 |
| 1952 | 7 |
| 1953 | 4 |
| 1954 | 4 |
| 1955 | 6 |
| 1956 | 9 |
| 1957 | 5 |
| 1958 | 5 |
| 1959 | 10 |
| 1960 | 9 |
| 1961 | 7 |
| 1962 | 13 |
| 1963 | 11 |
| 1964 | 13 |
| 1965 | 17 |
| 1966 | 11 |
| 1967 | 11 |
| 1968 | 12 |
| 1969 | 15 |
| 1970 | 13 |
| 1971 | 12 |
| 1972 | 10 |
| 1973 | 8 |
| 1974 | 8 |
| 1975 | 11 |
| 1976 | 13 |
| 1977 | 6 |
| 1978 | 9 |
| 1979 | 7 |
| 1980 | 8 |
| 1981 | 9 |
| 1982 | 17 |
| 1983 | 14 |
| 1984 | 11 |
| 1985 | 7 |
| 1986 | 9 |
| 1987 | 16 |
| 1988 | 13 |
| 1989 | 7 |
| 1990 | 6 |
| 1991 | 7 |
| 1992 | 17 |
| 1993 | 13 |
| 1994 | 15 |
| 1995 | 10 |
| 1996 | 9 |
| 1997 | 9 |
| 1998 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 |
IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 76 years between 1922–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Manana Orbelianib. 1808GEGeorgian noblewoman and socialite (1808–1870)
- Manaba Magomedovab. 1928RUnot in their usual namepainter and jewelry designer (1928-2013)
- Manana Antadzeb. 1945GEGeorgian writer and translator, and founder of the Tumanishvili Theatre Foundation
- Manana Doidjashvilib. 1947GEGeorgian pianist
- Manana Anasashvilib. 1952GEGeorgian film director
- Manana Todadzeb. 1958GEGeorgian singer and actress
- Manana Shalikashvilib. 1959GEGeorgian composer, writer and singer (*1959)
- Manana Kapetivadzeb. 1964GEGeorgian teacher
- Manana Kobakhidzeb. 1968GEGeorgian politician
- Manana Matiashvilib. 1978GEGeorgian writer and translator
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●
Attested in 38 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 287 | #29,961 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 230 | #8,095 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 223 | #968 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 223 | #968 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 214 | #3,874 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 196 | #3,381 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 147 | #123,144 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 145 | #119,508 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 101 | #28,186 |
| SZ Eswatini | Eswatini EBC 2023 Secondary Elections candidate ballots | 2023 | 24 | #29 |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1992 | 17 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1982 | 17 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- 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 2026-09-12 data build · 199 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Manana?
- We estimate roughly 34 thousand people bear Manana (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.
- In which country does Manana have the most bearers?
- We estimate about 32 thousand people bear Manana in Georgia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled manana.
- Where is Manana most common?
- Manana is densest in Georgia, where the national register counts about 1 in 123 people carrying it.
- How common is Manana compared with other names?
- In Georgia, Manana is the 24th most common given name of 34,237 given names recorded there.
- Is Manana a male or female name?
- Manana is a female 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.
- What does the name Manana mean?
- Recorded meaning: meditation; reflection; thought; intelligence; understanding
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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, “Manana” — the 24th most common given name in Georgia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.