Manu

Transliteration of Sanskrit मनु (manu, “man, mankind”). Doublet of man.

Manu

1. (Hinduism) A title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, first king to rule this earth, who saves mankind from the universal flood.
   • 1988, Hermann Oldenberg, Shridhar B. Shrotri, The Religion of the Veda, page 138:

     Agni is the one who is introduced by Manu, who is kindled by Manu; one requests him to rule at the present sacrifice, as he had done it for Manu, when he "offered the first oblation, with kindled fire, with his (attentive) heart and soul, along with the seven priests" to the gods (X, 63, 7).

2. (theosophy) The progenitor of the Aryan root race, who are said to have originated in Atlantis.
3. A male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.

Abbreviation of Emmanuel.

Manu

1. A male given name.

• Amun, NUMA, Numa, Uman, maun

Short form of Immanuel, also used as a nickname for Mauno and Maunu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnu/, [ˈmɑ̝nu]
• Rhymes: -ɑnu
• Syllabification^(key): Ma‧nu

Manu

1. a male given name
2. a Finnish surname transferred from the given name

• Manu is the 280^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,598 male individuals (and as a middle name to 403 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• The surname Manu belongs to 127 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• maun, muna, namu

manu (“bird”), also a short form of compound names containing this word.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.nu/, [ˈmɐ.nu]

Manu

1. a male or female given name from Hawaiian

• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Manu occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 14 women and 26 men.

From manu (“bird”), also a short form of compound names containing this word.

Manu

1. a male given name

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanu/ [ˈma.nu]
• Rhymes: -anu
• Syllabification: Ma‧nu

Manu m

1. a diminutive of the male given name Manuel

• IPA^(key): /ma.ˈny/

Manu

1. a male given name