Manika

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Monica in BR Brazil, US United States, AR Argentina and 17 more, Monika in PL Poland, IN India, HU Hungary and 5 more and Monique in FR France, LT Lithuania.

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●

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◐

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

• a separate given name3.2K records spelled Manika3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States

  Also written Māṇika, Mānika

• Spanish given name1.4K records spelled Manika3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Brazil, United States, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Månika

• Croatian given name246 records spelled Manika6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Croatia, United States

  Languages: Croatian, Slovenian, Bulgarian

  Also written Маника

• Hindi given name223 records spelled Manika75 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Australia, Sri Lanka

  Languages: Hindi, English, Telugu

  Also written Menaka, Mounika, Monica

34 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●

Manika 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.

• jewel; gem

  as a name·The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys

• In Kinyarwanda, hang up, suspend

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Turkish, dorade box

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In men, Red. Long grain

  as a word·Mende Natural History Vocabulary

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) — 91 years between 1917–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 251 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Manika?

We estimate roughly 1.3 million people bear Manika (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Manika have the most bearers?

Manika is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled monica.

Where is Manika most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Manika is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 84 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Manika compared with other names?

In Argentina, Manika is the 72nd most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Manika a male or female name?

Manika 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 Manika mean?

Recorded meaning: highly honoured and esteemed