Manan
Manan means Meanings families give: Meditation, thinking; Meditation, thought, reflection.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Language | Gujarati / Hindi |
| Starts with | M |
Traditional associations
In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.
- Rashi: Simha
- Nakshatra: Magha
- More names starting with M
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Meditation, thinking; Meditation, thought, reflection”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Chhaya — Meanings families give: Shadow, shade, wife of the sun god; Shadow, shade, reflection
- Prathima — Image, idol, divine reflection
- Pratima — Meanings families give: Idol, image, reflection; Idol, image, picture of god; Statue, image, idol of goddess
- Chaya — Shadow, shade; reflection
- Prativa — Meanings families give: Intelligent, reflection, image; Talent, genius; bright and intelligent; Intelligence, skill
- Mandeep — Lamp of the mind, light of thought
More boys' names of Sanskrit origin
- Reyansh — Meanings families give: Ray of light; Ray of light, part of God Vishnu
- Aryan — Noble, of high birth
- Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
- Aarush — Meanings families give: First ray of sun; First ray of the winter sun, calm radiance
- Arnav — come from the sea
- Viaan — Meanings families give: Full of life, energy; Full of energy, lively, animated
Other names under Simha rashi
- Lavanya — beauty, loveliness
- Krishna — (with or without ) the dark half of the lunar month from full to new moon
- Surya — the wife of the god
- Lakshay — Target, aim, goal
- Harshil — Joyful, happy
- Misha — Sweet like nectar, joyful
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Simha names.
Where this comes from
Manan has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.