Manu (first name)
Manu is a male or female given name .
Origin and meaning of the name
The name is actually a short form of Manuel or Emanuel or Manuela / Emmanuelle (female), which is now also used as an independent male or female first name. In rare cases, however, the name refers to Manu , the progenitor of the people in Hinduism.
In Māori , Manu means bird, the name is common in the Māori and on some Pacific islands such as Fiji , Tonga and Samoa both as a first and last name.
Name bearer
- Manu Attri (* 1992), Indian badminton player
- Manu Bennett (* 1969), New Zealand actor and model
- Manu Chao (* 1961), French singer and guitarist
- Manu Codjia (* 1975), jazz and fusion musician
- Manu Delago (* 1984), Austrian musician and composer
- Manu Dibango (1933-2020), Cameroonian saxophonist
- Manu García (* 1986), Spanish football player
- Manu Ginóbili (* 1977), Argentine basketball player
- Manu Hervás (* 1986), Spanish football player and coach
- Manu Intiraymi (* 1978), American film and stage actor
- Manu Joseph (* 1974), Indian writer
- Manu Katché (* 1958), French drummer
- Manu Koch (* 1972), Swiss pianist, keyboardist and composer
- Manu Kurz (* 1967), German film composer and producer
- Manu Larcenet (* 1969), French comic artist and author
- Manu Leumann (1889–1977), German linguist
- Manu del Moral (* 1984), Spanish football player
- Manu Pineda (* 1965), Spanish politician, trade unionist and activist
- Manu Sánchez (* 2000), Spanish soccer player
- Manu Sareen (* 1967), Danish writer and politician
- Manu Théron (* 1969), French singer
- Manu Trigueros (* 1991), Spanish soccer player
- Manu Tuilagi (* 1991), English rugby union player
- Manu Vatuvei (* 1986), New Zealand rugby league player
Name bearers
- Manu Hartmann (* 1973), Swiss musician, songwriter and singer
- Manu Wüst (1953–2010), Swiss journalist