Manaya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
5
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4201
5 babies

Manaya by the numbers

In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Manaya.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Manaya

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Manaya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Matayagift of God; a form of Matthew18 in the US (2017)
  • Manaiaspiritual guardian or mythical being11 in the US (2017)
  • Maayaillusion; maya3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Malaya409 in the US (2017)
  • Makaya21 in the US (2017)
  • Manya11 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Manaya

Names that are said the same way as Manaya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Mahinamoon22 in the US (2017)
  • Maanyarespected; worthy of honor6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mayanaillusion or magic; of illusion8 in the US (2017)
  • Maiana9 in the US (2017)
  • Maniah9 in the US (2017)
  • Mayanna5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Manaya

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