Given name
Manju
“beautiful, lovely, charming, pleasant, sweet”
Manju is a feminine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “beautiful, lovely, charming, pleasant, sweet.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Manju means “beautiful, lovely, charming, pleasant, sweet.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Sanskrit मञ्जु (“beautiful, lovely, charming, pleasant, sweet”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Manju through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 0 boys · 12 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 7 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 7 in 1988. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,323 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.
Manju’s family of names
Manju may belong to the same name family as MANJJU. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Manju
- Manju ManikuttanIndian beautician and social worker (born 1976)
- Manju RaniIndian boxerborn 1999
- Manju BorahAssamese film director
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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