Manha
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 78 babies a year in England and Wales.
Manha by the numbers
In 2025, 78 babies in England and Wales were named Manha. In the US, 95 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 99 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Manha
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 Manha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mahagreat, magnificent63 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mansaking; ruler35 in England and Wales (2025)
- Manaspiritual power or prestige8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mashastar of the sea; russian diminutive of maria15 in the US (2017)
- Mannawhat is it; divine sustenance4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mandaworthy of love; a form of Amanda
Names about as common as Manha
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