Manning

Where Manning comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Manning.

Manning through the years
  1. 1881
    Debut at its peak, #653
    #653 among boys with 8 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1885
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1915
    Manning Clark born
    Australian historian
  4. 1950
    Manning Marable born
    American professor of public affairs and African American studies at Columbia University and biographer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Manning Marable · American professor of public affairs and African American studies at Columbia University and biographer, 1950–2011
  • Manning Clark · Australian historian, 1915–1991
  • Manning Galloway · American boxer, born 1960
  • Manning Johnson · American writer, 1908–1959
  • Manning Force · Union Army general United States Army Medal of Honor recipient, 1824–1899

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.