Given name & surname
Mann
“a man; a hero”
Mann is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a man; a hero.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a man; a hero.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mann through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 132
- 132 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 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 boys is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 687 as a first name in 2020; 82,479 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mann’s family of names
Mann has a diminutive in Mandel. In English usage, Mann may have a later derivative in TAYMAN. This connection is qualified rather than certain. Mann has a related form in Man.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mann has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mann
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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