Manly

Where Manly comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Manly.

  • Vowel-ended
Manly through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1881
    Peak, #866
    5 babies named Manly, its best rank.
  3. 1882
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1901
    Manly P. Hall born
    Canadian writer and mystic
  5. 1903
    Manly Wade Wellman born
    American writer
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Manly P. Hall · Canadian writer and mystic, 1901–1990
  • Manly Wade Wellman · American writer, 1903–1986
  • Manly MacDonald · Canadian artist, 1889–1971
  • Manly Miles · American physiologist, 1826–1898

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.