Given name & surname
Mano
“resembling a shark”
Mano is used as a given name and a surname. One Hawaiian interpretation is “resembling a shark.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hawaiian interpretation is “resembling a shark.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hawaiian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mano through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 23 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 430 as a first name in 2020; 818 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.
Mano’s family of names
Mano has a related form in Manoe. Mano has a related form in Manow. Mano has a related form in Manowe.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Mano
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Mano, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys