Manon
Manon is a Welsh, French and Dutch feminine given name. Its meaning in Welsh is: 'beautiful queen' and in French, it is a diminutive of the name Marie. Notable people with the name include:
- French
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Manon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Manon is a Welsh, French and Dutch feminine given name. Its meaning in Welsh is: 'beautiful queen' and in French, it is a diminutive of the name Marie. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
- Dutch
The Story of Manon
The earliest SSA record of Manon as a baby girl name dates back to 1917, when 5 babies received it. 1999 was its biggest year on record, with 26 newborns named Manon — #4,313 in the national rankings. About 21% of every Manon on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Manon last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 823 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Manon
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Manon. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Manon
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About the name Manon
Manon is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 823 births in the dataset. Manon's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #4,313. Use the chart and map above to compare Manon's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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