Given name
Manisha
“having great intelligence; a genius”
Manisha is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “having great intelligence; a genius.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “having great intelligence; a genius.”
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 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Manisha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 872
- 0 boys · 872 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 33 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,302 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.
Manisha’s family of names
Manisha has a related form in Maneesha. Manisha has a related form in Maneasha. Manisha has a related form in Maneisha.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Manisha
- Manisha KoiralaNepalese actress (born 1970)
- Manisha JoshiGujarati poet from Californiaborn 1971
- Manisha MalhotraIndian tennis playerborn 1976
- Manisha RamadassIndian para-badminton player (born 2005)
- Manisha YadavIndian actress1992–2021
- Manisha GulyaniIndian dancerborn 1985
- Manisha BhanwalaIndian amateur wrestlerborn 2000
- Manisha GangulyIndian investigative journalistborn 1995
- Manisha KelkarIndian actressborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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