Mani or Maney ( fa, مانی) is a common proper name in the
Middle East
The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Province), East Thrace (Europ ...
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 Turkm ...
,
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 ma ...
, 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 ...
, 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: ''Móní'', Syriac ''Mānī'', Greek , Latin '; also , Latin ', from Syriac ''Mānī ḥ ...
(c. 216 – 276), Iranian prophet
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Mani (musician) (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 Koo ...
(1899–1990), Indian master performance artist and Sanskrit scholar
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Mani Charenamei
Mani Charenamei (born 10 February 1959) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha
The 14th Lok Sabha (17 May 2004 – 18 May 2009) was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led ...
(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
Mani Cooper (born 6 June 2003) is Britain's first female Olympic ski jumper.
Career
Cooper competes in Nordic Combined events. She is the women's British ski jumping record holder, having jumped 77m in the FIS Alpen Cup at Seefeld, Austria on ...
(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 (born 1975), French singer, songwriter and music producer
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Mani Jegathesan, 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, Nepalese politician
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Mani Leib (1883–1953), Ukrainian Yiddish poet
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Mani Liaqat (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 (born 1948), Indian-American surgeon
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Mani Nagappa (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, N ...
(born 1940), German rock musician
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Mani Nouri (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
Kirana gharana is one of the Indian classical khyal gharanas, and is concerned foremost with perfect intonation of notes (swara).
Singing style
T ...
(born 1930), Indian vocalist
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Mani Rao (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
Alain Mamou-Mani (born 26 December 1949, Nabeul, Tunisia) is a French film producer and writer.
Biography
He has written several books (essays, novels) including ''Life in green'' on the marriage of ecology and economy" and "Beyond profit" o ...
(born 1949), French film producer and writer
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Arthur Mamou-Mani (born 1983), French architect
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Babu Mani, 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 progr ...
(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
G. K. Mani is, , the president of Pattali Makkal Katchi completing more than 25 years as president of PMK party. G.K. Mani's name was proposed by PMK founder Dr. S. Ramadoss during the party's general body meeting in 1998 for President's post in ...
, Indian politician
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Guy Mamou-Mani
Guy Mamou-Mani (born 1957) is a French columnist for the French language edition of '' The Huffington Post'', and president of Syntec Numérique.
A licensed mathematics teacher, Mamou-Mani began his career in 1985 with CSC-Go International, as a ...
, French columnist
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Giuseppe Mani
Giuseppe Mani (born 21 June 1936) is an Italian Roman Catholic archbishop, who served as Archbishop of Cagliari from 2003 to 2012.
Biography
Mani was ordained on 12 March 1960 and began his ministry at the Diocese of Fiesole.
On 29 October 19 ...
(born 1936), Italian archbishop
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Hadizatou Mani, 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 Congres ...
, Indian politician
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K. C. S. Mani (1922–1987), Indian communist activist
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K. M. Mani (1933 - 2019), Indian politician
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Karaikudi Mani
Karaikudi Mani (born as Ganapathy Subramanyam on 11 September 1945 in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian percussionist, primarily adept in the mridangam. He is regarded by the vast majority of Carnatic connoisseurs and aficionados as ...
(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 o ...
(1971 - 2016), Indian actor and singer
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Ko. Si. Mani (1929–2008), Indian politician
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Mahadeva Subramania Mani
Mahadeva Subramania Mani aka Dr MS Mani ( ta, மகாதேவா சுப்ரமணிய கரங்கள்; 2 March 1908 in Tanjore, Tamil Nadu - 8 January 2003 in Bangalore) was an Indian entomologist especially famous for his studie ...
(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
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Tel ...
, Indian musician
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Sapol Mani
Mani Sapol ( ar, سابول ماني; born 5 June 1991) is a Togolese football midfielder currently playing for Dynamic Togolais.
Career Club
In 2007 Sapol was voted by the English magazine '' World Soccer'' as the 30th "Most Exciting Teen F ...
(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
V. S. Mani (6 March 1942 – 22 August 2016) was an Indian legal scholar. He was the founder and director of Gujarat National Law University and an expert in the field of public international law. He was also the founder and director of the ...
, Indian legal scholar
See also
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Mani (disambiguation)
References
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