Given name
Maniya
“her mind is a jewel”
Maniya is a variant of Manika. One Sanskrit interpretation is “her mind is a jewel.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maniya is a variant of Manika. One Sanskrit interpretation is “her mind is a jewel.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maniya 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 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Maniya is a variant of Mania. The history of Mania gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Mania is associated with the personification of insanity.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Maniya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 576
- 0 boys · 576 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 53 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
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 53 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 436 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.
Maniya’s family of names
Maniya has a related form in Manika. Maniya has a related form in Mania.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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