Boy · Serbian (origin unknown)
Nemanja
Say it: NEH-mah-nyah
Meaning
Name of the founder of the Nemanjić dynasty; its origin is unclear, with a folk reading 'one who has nothing' (ne imati) not supported.
Disputedsharp disagreement, or a popular meaning that is not supported.
Revived from the medieval dynasty and very popular among Serbian babies from the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 50 babies given this name since 1999
- At its height in 2001, about 1 in 277,500 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Немања
Famous bearers
- Stefan Nemanja, Grand Prince of Serbia
- Nemanja Vidić, Serbian footballer
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Where this comes from
- Medieval Slavic chronicles and charters
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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