Given name & surname
Manas
“a great man”·“great”·“a great man; one who is large”
Manas is a variant of Mannis. One Irish interpretation is “a great man.” Manas is a form of Magnus. Interpretations include “great” (Latin) and “a great man; one who is large” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Manas is a variant of Mannis. One Irish interpretation is “a great man.” Manas is a form of Magnus. Interpretations include “great” (Latin) and “a great man; one who is large” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Manas is a variant of Mannis. An origin associated with Mannis is Irish. Manas is a form of Magnus. An origin associated with Magnus is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Manas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 330
- 330 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,016 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,016 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 799 as a first name in 2020; 545 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.
Manas’s family of names
Manas is a form of Magnus. Manas has a related form in Mannis. In English usage, Manas was borrowed from the Hindi form मानस.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Manas
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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