Manana
Just over 200 women in Poland carry it, and no births show up since at least 2000: most Poles have never met one. The root is Latin *manna*, the food that fell from the sky in Exodus, hence *dar od boga*, a gift from God.
Manana Pronunciation
Manana is pronounced mah-NAH-nah (/maˈnana/).
What Manana means
Where Manana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Manana comes from Latin, and behind it stands the word manna, the food that fell from the sky in the book of Exodus to feed the Israelites as they crossed the desert. In Latin, manna named a provision that arrived without labor, given rather than earned. From this the name took its plainest Polish gloss: dar od boga, a gift from God.
A second reading points toward heather, the low shrub that flowers across open, sandy ground. The two senses, divine food and heather, sit beside each other in the name without canceling out.
Manana keeps no diminutives and no variants. It stands on its own.
Picture it read once from a class register, a single Manana among the Kasias and Zuzias, and you have the shape of the whole thing. The meaning stays near the surface: manna, the gift that asks for nothing back.
How many people are named Manana
1 in 109436 women in Poland is named Manana. 206 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2189 among female names.
Manana as a middle name
Manana is a first name for 206 women in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 99/1 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 6335th, between Malwinka (2) and Mandar (2).
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#6333 Malu2
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#6334 Malwinka2
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#6335 Manana2
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#6336 Mandar2
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#6337 Manel2