Given name

Måns

“great”

Måns is a masculine given name. It is used in Swedish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Måns goes back to a word meaning “great.”

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Where it comes from

Måns comes from Latin.

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Måns’s family of names

In Swedish usage, Måns shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Bokmål form MONS. In Swedish usage, Måns has a conventional equivalent in the English form Magnus. In Swedish usage, Måns has a later derivative in MOUNCE.

Walk Måns’s family in the name graph

MånsMänsMagnusMagnoMogensManesMonsMaunoMagnús

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Latin

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Latin

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Hebrew

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Latin

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Latin

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Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

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No U.S. birth series

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Latin

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No U.S. birth series

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Latin

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No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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