Manila

Where Manila comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Manila.

  • Vowel-ended
Manila through the years
  1. 1897
    First appearance
    #1,263 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1898
    Around this time: Battle of Manila Bay
    Event, 1898 · Source
  3. 1898
    Peak, #305
    104 babies named Manila, the most in any year.
  4. 1899
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #507.
  5. 1977
    Manila Nazzaro born
    Italian actress and model
  6. 2006
    Manila Esposito born
    Italian gymnast
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Manila Esposito · Italian gymnast, born 2006
  • Manila Nazzaro · Italian actress and model, born 1977

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.