Given name & surname
Manus
“a great man”
Manus is a variant of Mannis. One Irish interpretation is “a great man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Manus is a variant of Mannis. One Irish interpretation is “a great man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Manus is a variant of Mannis. An origin associated with Mannis is Irish.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Irish use, Manus is used as a form of Gaelic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Manus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 125
- 125 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1929
- 9 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 6 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1929. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 247 as a first name in 2020; 2,273 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.
Manus’s family of names
In English usage, Manus as a surname is a short form of MCMANUS. Manus has a related form in Mannis. In English usage, Manus as a surname has a related form in MCMANUS.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Manus
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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