Mane

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Mane by the numbers

Mane was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Mane

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 Mane. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Maeof the sea; a form of May or Mary108 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Manaspiritual power or prestige8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Manspring or morning; poetic simplicity18 in the US (2017)
  • Maneha unit of weight or currency16 in the US (2017)
  • Mavethe intoxicating one; a form of Medb3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mayebeloved; a variant of Mae or May6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Mane

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