Given name & surname
Manar
“woman of the light”
Manar is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “woman of the light.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “woman of the light.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Manar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 744
- 5 boys · 739 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #6,726 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,726 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 47 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,428 as a first name in 2020; 169 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Manar’s family of names
Manar has a related form in Manara. Manar has a related form in Manari. Manar has a related form in Manaria.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Manaravariant
- Mannarlikely variant
- Mannarravariant
- Mannaravariant
- Manarrivariant
- Manarivariant
- Manarravariant
- Manarrevariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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