Mani or Maney ( fa, مانی) is a common proper name in the
Middle East
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and
South Asia
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. In Persian, Mani (مانی) means "eternity", "thinker", and "thoughtful". It is most common in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
,
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
, and
India
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. There are also a number of unrelated names also spelled ''Mani'', some of them
hypocoristic
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...
, such as German ''Mani'' for
Manfred
''Manfred: A dramatic poem'' is a closet drama written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron. It contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. It is a typical example of a Gothic fiction.
Byr ...
.
List of persons with the given name
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Bhai Mani Singh (Sikh scholar and martyr) (born 7 April 1644),
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Mani (prophet)
Mani (in Middle Persian: 𐭌𐭀𐭍𐭉/𐭬𐭠𐭭𐭩/𐮋𐮀𐮌𐮈/𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬌/𐫖𐫀𐫗𐫏 ''Māni'', New Persian: ''Māni'', Chinese language, Chinese: ''Móní'', Syriac language, Syriac ''Mānī'', Koine Greek, Greek , Lati ...
(c. 216 – 276), Iranian prophet
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Mani (musician)
Gary "Mani" Mounfield (born 16 November 1962Warshaw, AaronMani allmusic.com) is an English rock bassist, best known for being a member of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream.
Career
Mounfield attended Xaverian College in Rusholme, Manchester. ...
(born 1962), English rock musician
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Mani Ram Bagri
Ch. Mani Ram Bagri (1 January 1920 – 31 January 2012) was an Indian parliamentarian and political activist. He served three terms in the Indian Parliament, first from 1962 to 1967, and then again from 1977 to 1984. He belonged to the league of ...
(1920–2012), politician from India
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Mani Madhava Chakyar
Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar (IAST: ''Māṇi Mādhava Cākyār'')
(15 February 1899 – 14 January 1990) was a celebrated master performance artist and Sanskrit scholar
from Kerala, India, considered to be the greatest Chakyar Koothu and Koodiy ...
(1899–1990), Indian master performance artist and Sanskrit scholar
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Mani Charenamei (born 1959), Indian politician
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Mani Damodara Chakyar
Mani Damodara Chakyar (Māni Dāmodara Chākyār; born 1946) is a Kutiyattam and Chakyar Koothu artist in Kerala state of south India. He is a nephew and disciple of legendary guru ''Nātyāchārya Vidūshakaratnam Padma Shri'' Māni Mādhava ...
(born 1946), Indian performance artist
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Mani Cooper (born 2003), British ski jumper
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Mani Haghighi
Mani Haghighi ( fa, مانی حقیقی; born 4 May 1969) is an Iranian film director, writer, film producer and actor. Haghighi started making movies in 2001.
Early life and education
Haghighi was born in Tehran, the son of the translator and ...
(born 1969), Iranian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor
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Mani Hoffman
Mani Hoffman (born 18 December 1975) is a French singer, songwriter and music producer.
In 2001, he collaborated with The Supermen Lovers. He co-wrote the platinum hit, "Starlight", with Guillaume Atlan, and is the lead singer on the song. It be ...
(born 1975), French singer, songwriter and music producer
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Mani Jegathesan
Jegathesan Manikavasagam (born 2 November 1943), is often referred to as the ''Flying Doctor of Malaysia'' for his athletic achievements in Asia, despite being firstly a medical student then a doctor. He was an icon in the 1960s, regarded as th ...
, Malaysian athlete
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Mani Kaul
Mani Kaul (25 December 1944 – 6 July 2011) was an Indian director of Hindi films and a reputed figure in Indian parallel cinema. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) where he was a student of Ritwik Ghatak and ...
(1944–2011), Indian film director
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Mani Lama
Mani Lama is a Nepalese politician. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1994 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress from the Taplejung-1 constituency. He later joined Sher Bahadur Deuba's break-away party, Nepali Congress (Democrat ...
, Nepalese politician
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Mani Leib
Mani Leib (Mani Leyb, yi, מאַני לייב; born Mani Leib Brahinsky, russian: Мани Лейб Брагинский; 20 December 1883, Nezhin, Russian Empire – 4 October 1953, New York) was a Yiddish-language poet.
He was one of eight chil ...
(1883–1953), Ukrainian Yiddish poet
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Mani Liaqat
Mani Liaqat ( ur, , born 25 April 1984) is a Manchester-based British-Asian actor and comedian. He is known for his bizarre rants, portly figure, witty voice and mixture of Punjabi/Urdu/Hindi and British everyday-humour.
Mani is best known as ...
(born 1984), British actor and comedian
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Mani Matter
Mani Matter (4 August 1936 in Herzogenbuchsee – 24 November 1972 in Kilchberg, Zurich, officially Hans-Peter Matter) was a popular Swiss singer-songwriter.
Biography
Mani Matter was born on 4 August 1936 in Herzogenbuchsee, Canton of Bern. ...
(1936–1972), Swiss singer-songwriter
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Mani Menon
Mani Menon, born 9 July 1948 in Trichur, India, is an American surgeon whose work has helped to lay the foundation for modern Robotic Cancer Surgery. He is the founding director and the Raj and Padma Vattikuti Distinguished Chair of the Va ...
(born 1948), Indian-American surgeon
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Mani Nagappa
Mani Nagappa (born 1925) is an Indian sculptor who is known for creating statues of prominent personalities and political leaders of Tamil Nadu.
Early life
Nagappa was born in 1925 in Madras, one of the five sons of well-known Indian sculpto ...
(born 1925), Indian sculptor
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Mani Neumeier
Mani Neumeier (Manfred Neumeier, born 31 December 1940 in Munich) is a German rock musician, free-jazz drummer, artist, and frontman (singer and drummer) of the German Krautrock-band Guru Guru.
Probably best known for his work with Guru Guru, Neum ...
(born 1940), German rock musician
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Mani Nouri
Mani Nouri ( fa, مانی نوری; born in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian/Canadian actor and director. Since 2006, he has been working on modern visual projects. He was chosen the second best adolescent actor of the decade in the Middle East.
Car ...
(born 1989), Iranian-Canadian film director, writer, and actor
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Mani Prasad
Pandit Mani Prasad (4 November 1930) is an Indian classical vocalist from the Kirana gharana (singing style).
Early life and training
Mani Prasad was born into a family of musicians. His father, Sukhdev Prasad, had received music training fro ...
(born 1930), Indian vocalist
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Mani Rao
Mani Rao (born 28 February 1965) is an Indian poet and independent scholar, writing in English.
Biography
Mani Rao has authored twelve poetry collections and three books in translation from Sanskrit including the works of Kalidasa, a translatio ...
(born 1965), Indian poet and translator
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Mani Sharma
Mani may refer to:
Geography
* Maní, Casanare, a town and municipality in Casanare Department, Colombia
* Mani, Chad, a town and sub-prefecture in Chad
* Mani, Evros, a village in northeastern Greece
* Mani, Karnataka, a village in Dakshina ...
(born 1964), Indian music director
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Mani Ratnam
Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and few Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Ratnam has won six Nat ...
(born 1956), Indian Tamil film director, producer, and writer
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Mani Bai (1573 — 1619), Mughal Empress consort
List of persons with the surname
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Alain Mamou-Mani (born 1949), French film producer and writer
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Arthur Mamou-Mani (born 1983), French architect
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Babu Mani
Babu Mani ( – 19 November 2022) was an Indian footballer who played for India as a forward in the 1984 AFC Asian Cup. He also played for Mohun Bagan. He also played for East Bengal under the coaching of Syed Nayeemuddin.
Mani made his inte ...
, Indian footballer
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Charulatha Mani
Charulatha Mani (born 21 January 1981) is an Indian-born Australian Carnatic and playback singer. She has been performing Carnatic concerts since 1999. She has also sung for movies. Charulatha has appeared in numerous TV shows and radio progra ...
(born 1981), Indian singer
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Ehsan Mani
Ehsan Mani (Urdu: ; born 23 March 1945) is a Pakistani chartered accountant who is the former president of International Cricket Council (ICC) and former Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
Early life
Mani was born in Rawalpindi Pakistan in ...
(born 1945), Pakistani cricket player and official
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G. K. Mani, Indian politician
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Guy Mamou-Mani, French columnist
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Giuseppe Mani (born 1936), Italian archbishop
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Hadizatou Mani
Hadizatou Mani (born 1984) is a Nigerien human rights activist who fought a legal battle to free herself from slavery, and who since her emancipation has acted as an anti-slavery advocate.
Biography
Mani was born in Dogaroua in the Tahoua Regio ...
, Nigerien human rights activist
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Jose K. Mani
Jose Karingozhackal Mani (born 29 May 1965) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha and former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Kerala. He is the son of veteran politician K. M. Mani and the Chairman of Kerala Congress ...
, Indian politician
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K. C. S. Mani (1922–1987), Indian communist activist
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K. M. Mani
Karingozhackal Mani Mani (30 January 1933 – 9 April 2019) was an Indian politician and the chairman of Kerala Congress (M), one of the main factions of Kerala Congress, a party born in the Travancore or Central South Kerala region which foc ...
(1933 - 2019), Indian politician
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Karaikudi Mani (born 1945), Indian percussionist
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Kalabhavan Mani
Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian actor and singer. Mani started his career as a mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had starred in ov ...
(1971 - 2016), Indian actor and singer
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Ko. Si. Mani
Ko.Si. Mani (13 September 1929 – 2 December 2016) was an Indian politician who was the minister for co-operation, statistics and ex-servicemen in the Tamil Nadu state of India between 2006 and 2011 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) regime. ...
(1929–2008), Indian politician
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Mahadeva Subramania Mani (1908–2003), Indian entomologist
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Myriam Léonie Mani
Myriam Léonie Mani (born May 21, 1977) is a Cameroonian athlete who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. (born 1977), Cameroonian athlete
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Pravin Mani
Pravin Mani is an Indian musician who has been credited as singer and as composer in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and English films in India. He has been a long term associate with noted music director, A. R. Rahman, with recent collaborations in ...
, Indian musician
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Sapol Mani (born 1991), Togolese footballer
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Vettam Mani
Vettam Mani or Vettom Mani (27 August 1921 – 29 May 1987) was an eminent scholar and writer. His most famous work is the ''Purāņic Encyclopedia'', which is a monumental and exhaustive study of Indian Puranas, epics and allied literature ...
(1921–1987), Indian scholar and writer
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V. S. Mani, Indian legal scholar
See also
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Mani (disambiguation)
References
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