The baby name Manshah is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MAN-shah (IPA: /ˈmænʃɑː/).
Manshah is Urdu in Origin.
The baby name Manshah is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MAN-shah (IPA: /ˈmænʃɑː/).
Manshah is Urdu in Origin.
Manshah is a South Asian given name from Arabic mansha’ (منشأ/منشاء), borrowed via Persian and widely used in Urdu. The base sense is “origin, source,” but in Urdu-Hindi it came to mean “intention, wish, purpose,” and by extension “(divine) will,” as in the phrase mansha‑e‑Khuda. As a personal name it conveys ideas of purposeful birth or cherished desire. It is unisex, though today more often given to girls in Pakistan, North India, and the diaspora.
Used as a given name mainly from the later 20th century, it draws on the long literary and legal currency of manshā in Urdu. Variants and spellings include Mansha, Manshaa, Manshae, Mansha’, and Manshā; the final -h in Manshah reflects differing transliterations of the Arabic hamza. Not related to the Hebrew Manasseh/Menashe despite similar sound.
Manshah is far from common. We have only 35 recorded uses of it on record, from 7 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IQ | 0 | #133 | 1 | 3,533 | |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #272 | 2 | 6,912 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,095 | 17 | 25,439 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,142 | 2 | 22,615 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,605 | 10 | 28,008 |
Manshah is popular in 7 countries — most recent births per country:
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