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Girl · Hebrew, through French
Manon
Say it: mah-NOHN
Meaning
A French pet form of Marie.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Known through Prévost's 1731 novel and among the most popular girls' names in France around 2000.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 796 babies given this name since 1917
- At its height in 1999, about 1 in 68,200 girls
- 5 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Manon Lescaut, heroine of Abbé Prévost's novel
- Manon Roland, revolutionary
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.