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Mana

girl name
Origin
Japanese
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

love (愛) or a compound like 真奈; also an English-language loanword in its own right; "mana" (spiritual power) entered English from Polynesian languages and is used as a first name in Hawaii and beyond

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Mana has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

See popularity in Brazil

Popularity in Brazil

147 people · the #31,519 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 28

1980s1990s2000s2010s

Among people named Mana living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Mana

Most people given the name Mana in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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The Mana deep dive

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Mana truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Mana fits with your family’s names and surname.

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