Manila
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables.
Manila by the numbers
Its American peak was 104 babies in 1898, making it a 1890s name.
What we can tell you about Manila
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 Manila. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Manila
Names that are said the same way as Manila, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Manila
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