MEANING & HISTORY
What does Manasseh mean?
Manasseh has a documented Hebrew biblical word explanation connected with causing to forget. The English spelling belongs to a transmission involving Hebrew, Greek and Latin forms, with adjustment toward the Hebrew written name.
The dictionary specifically labels the forgetting connection as a biblical etymology, an important distinction from proving every historical stage of the name. It is associated with Joseph's son in the biblical narrative, rather than being an English phrase formed from modern syllables.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From alteration of Latin Manasses, from Koine Greek Μανασσῆς (Manassês), from Biblical Hebrew מְנַשֶּׁה (M'nashé) + Ancient Greek -ς (-s, forming nouns), to more closely match the original Hebrew form. The biblical etymology for the name connects it to נִשָּׁה or נישה (nishá, “causing to forget”).
A male given name from Biblical Hebrew, particularly (biblical) Manesseh, son of Joseph.
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Manasseh in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Manasseh
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Mansour♂One who is helped to victory
- Manuel♂God is with us
- Marissa♀Variant of Marisa, commonly a Maria–Luisa compound
- Maan♀Tagalog familiar compound-name form; Dutch Herman form also exists
- Mabel♀Lovable
- Macario♂Blessed or happy
- Mael♂Tagalog Ismael clipping; Breton chief-name also exists
- Mafalda♀Strength and battle, through Matilda
What rhymes with Manasseh?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Manasseh further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Manasseh (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.