Mann

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Man in AR Argentina, HK Hong Kong, MX Mexico, Muñ in CR Costa Rica, PE Peru, Maina in NG Nigeria, BR Brazil and 문 in KR South Korea.

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 10 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◐

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

• Spanish surname54K records spelled Mann20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Argentina, United Kingdom

  Languages: Spanish, French, Italian

  Also written Mânn, Mäńñ, Mànn, Mãññ, Maññ

• a separate surname48K records spelled Mann3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written M-Ann

• Hindi surname46K records spelled Mann9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Sinhala

  Also written Màńń, Mānn, Manñ, Männ

• Greek surname2.6K records spelled Mann10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, India

  Also written Man, Μαν, Μαν', Máńń, Mãñ

73 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●

Mann 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.

• In German, from Germanic *mann- 'man'; also used as a heroic ancestor name

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In German, from ahd. man 'man'; influenced by MAGAN and MAND

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In English, Old English personal name; surviving in Man

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• Hindu (Jat) and Sikh name of unknown meaning.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• nickname for a fierce or strong man, or for a man contrasted with a boy, from Middle English, Middle High German, Middle Dutch man. In some cases it may have arisen as an occupational name for a servant, from the medieval use of the term to describe a person of inferior social status. The Jewish surname can be ornamental.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 23 years between 1909–2018. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Horace Mannb. 1796USAmerican politician (1796-1859)
• Thomas Mannb. 1875USGerman novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
• Anthony Mannb. 1906USAmerican film director (1906–1967)
• Delbert Mannb. 1920USAmerican television and film director (1920–2007)
• Erica Jongb. 1942USnot in their usual nameAmerican novelist, poet, memoirist, critic
• Michael Mannb. 1943USAmerican film director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1943)
• Terrence Mannb. 1951USAmerican actor
• Danny Mannb. 1951USAmerican voice actor, writer, singer, musician, and production manager
• Leslie Mannb. 1972USAmerican actress
• Thomas Mannb. 1991USAmerican actor (b. 1991)

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 · 111 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mann?

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

In which country does Mann have the most bearers?

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

How common is Mann compared with other names?

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

What does the name Mann mean?

Recorded meaning: From a medieval nickname for a manly/ferocious man; also 'male servant'; from the Old English personal name Manna; or Jewish from Hebrew/Yiddish man 'manna'.