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Manan name meaning

“the Bestower (al-Mannan)”

Letters
5
Syllables
2
First letter
M
Origin
Arabic
Category
Malay Names
Gender
♂ Boy
6

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Manan

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Malay Names: MMeaning faithArabic origin

Manan is a boy's name from Arabic meaning 'the Bestower', after al-Mannan, one of the names of God.

What does Manan mean?

The Bestower (al-Mannan)

In Malay: pemberi kurnia (al-Mannan)

Sources (2)

About the name Manan

Manan is the Malay spelling of al-Mannān (المنّان), one of the names of God, from the root m-n-n. Classical Arabic dictionaries explain it as the Bestower, the one who gives without being asked. It commonly appears in Abdul Manan, 'servant of the Bestower', and Manan is also used on its own as a boy's name in Malaysia. Another spelling is Mannan.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginArabic
SyllablesMa-nan
First letterMalay Names starting with M
Devanagari scriptमनन

Compound names with Manan

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: عبد المنان · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Lisān al-ʿArab and Lane's Lexicon: منن (al-Mannān) · arabiclexicon.hawramani.com · meaning

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