Given name & surname
Maneka
“her mind is a jewel”
Maneka is a variant of Manika. One Sanskrit interpretation is “her mind is a jewel.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maneka is a variant of Manika. One Sanskrit interpretation is “her mind is a jewel.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maneka is a variant of Manika. An origin associated with Manika is Sanskrit.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maneka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 44
- 0 boys · 44 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 8 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 6 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1984.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maneka’s family of names
Maneka has a related form in Manika. In Greek usage, Maneka as a surname is a transliteration of Μανέκα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 Maneka
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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