Given name & surname
Manika
“her mind is a jewel”
Manika is used as a given name and a surname. One Sanskrit interpretation is “her mind is a jewel.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Sanskrit interpretation is “her mind is a jewel.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Manika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 200
- 0 boys · 200 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 15 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 428 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.
Manika’s family of names
Manika has a related form in Maniya. Manika has a related form in Maneka. Manika has a related form in Maanika.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Manekavariant
- Maniyavariant
- Manicavariant
- Mannikalikely variant
- Manikkalikely variant
- Manikyavariant
- Maniccavariant
- Manyckavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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