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Manny - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Manny

[ 2 syll. man-ny, ma-nny ] The boy name Manny is pronounced MAENiy KEY. Manny has its origins in the Germanic and Hebrew languages, and it is used largely in English and Spanish.

Manny is a pet form of the Dutch, English, and German Manfred in the English language.

Manny is also a short form of the English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Manuel in the English and Spanish languages. Manny is also a pet form of the French and German Emmanuel in the English and Spanish languages.

Manny is seldom used as a baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly related to Manny, the French and German Emmanuel was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Manny include the English Mannie, the Indian Mahin, the Maori Maia, the name Maimun, the Amharic Mamo, the Indian and Tamil Mani, the Hungarian and Spanish Mano, the Basque, Indian, and German Manu, the Spanish Manue, the German Manú, the Finnish Mauno, the Spanish Memo, the Italian Meo, the Swahili Mhina, the English Miah, the French Michau, the Romanian Mihai, the Slavic Mijo, the Spanish Miyo, and the Indian Mohan.

KEY: Pronunciation for Manny: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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