Given name & surname
Manasa
“having great strength of mind”
Manasa is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “having great strength of mind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “having great strength of mind.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Manasa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 283
- 0 boys · 283 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,369 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Manasa’s family of names
Manasa has a related form in Maanasa. Manasa has a related form in Manasah. Manasa has a related form in Manassa.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Manasa
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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