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Is anyone actually called Manus??

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BarbaraVineFan · 22/09/2025 22:20

I’ve just finished watching Amandaland, and the boys’ names are really bothering me! Darius Is one thing (although I really don’t think Anne’s character would have named her son Darius) but MANUS?!

and also… the siblings don’t even match. If it’s supposed to be a ridiculously pretentious name, then why isn’t Amanda’s daughter named Calliope or something, not Georgie? Does anyone have any answers?

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WaitingForMojo · 17/09/2026 04:57

I know two. One fifties, one teen. Neither Irish .

ElefantAndCastle · 17/09/2026 04:13

BarbaraVineFan · 22/09/2025 22:30

It’s also just occurred to me that Morten is not, as I thought, a Scottish girls name.. I was thinking of Morven . So Morten is really weird as well!

Morten is a very common name in Scandinavian.

mathanxiety · 17/09/2026 04:07

It's a middle aged Irish man name. I know three. They were Ag Sci students way back in the day.

CurlewKate · 14/09/2026 18:47

11 in the UK since 1996. So no. Good.

FringedAnd · 14/09/2026 18:39

elgreco · 22/09/2025 22:47

I went to college with a manus. Irish, in his fifties now.

Yes, it’s a perfectly ordinary Irish name. Not in the least pretentious or unusual. I’d class it with Eoin, Tadhg, Ciaran, those kinds of names.

I write novels and have actually just named a character Manus — a late-40-something Dubliner.

Connachtfive · 14/09/2026 18:34

My uncle is Manus.

Rondayvu · 14/09/2026 18:30

My friends 15 year old is called Manus. Ireland.

Thedogscollar · 14/09/2026 18:25

I kid you not I went to school primary school with a boy called Manus McManus. This was in Scotland in the 70's.

61203AA · 14/09/2026 18:22

Yes. My son is called Manus.

SkaneTos · 25/09/2025 23:06

I haven't met anyone with the name Manus, but like previous posters wrote, there are people with that name.
I have met people with the last name McManus, though.

Slightly different name, but Magnus is a common name in my home country Sweden. It's popular to combine it with the name Carl, Carl Magnus, Carl-Magnus, Karl Magnus, etc.

RightOnTheEdge · 24/09/2025 17:36

I worked with a lad who was called Manus a few years ago. He was around 18/19. He went off to Uni and changed his name to something else.

I was just going to say his family aren't Irish but actually his Grandparents do have English accents but an Irish surname.

dybb · 24/09/2025 17:09

I teach one. Of Irish extraction, late teens.

Emanwenym · 24/09/2025 10:01

@StrongLikeMamma , he is José Manuel Tomás Arturo Chao Ortega.

StrongLikeMamma · 24/09/2025 07:29

Makes me think of Manu Chao

JustPickleRick · 23/09/2025 22:21

BarbaraVineFan · 22/09/2025 22:20

I’ve just finished watching Amandaland, and the boys’ names are really bothering me! Darius Is one thing (although I really don’t think Anne’s character would have named her son Darius) but MANUS?!

and also… the siblings don’t even match. If it’s supposed to be a ridiculously pretentious name, then why isn’t Amanda’s daughter named Calliope or something, not Georgie? Does anyone have any answers?

Please tell me you've watched Motherland before watching Amandaland 🙏

99point9FahrenheitDegrees · 23/09/2025 22:04

It's also an Afrikaans name, short for Hermanus, which made it sound really weird to me in the context of Amanda! I didn't realise it was Irish.

BadWoIf · 23/09/2025 16:44

I used to work with a Manus, an Irish doctor. He'd be pushing 60 now.

ThatPlumSquid · 23/09/2025 16:37

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 23/09/2025 15:08

Maybe fictional Anne was a fan of Darius Danesh?

I assumed that's who Anne's son was named for!

Arlanymor · 23/09/2025 16:23

NuffSaidSam · 22/09/2025 22:56

I think it was probably a joke...based on the written form of the names.

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Indeed it was - I thought it was obvious, but apparently not!

childofthe607080s · 23/09/2025 15:24

i know at least one manus / nice bloke

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 23/09/2025 15:08

Maybe fictional Anne was a fan of Darius Danesh?

bigwhitedog · 23/09/2025 13:58

I've just been watching this for the first time and totally agree. No one would follow Darius with Niamh either! Even a Conor or Seán or something would have done.

IDontLikeMondays88 · 23/09/2025 11:38

I know an Irish Manus

PluirinSneachta · 23/09/2025 11:37

Manus is not unusual in Ireland, especially amongst older men.

I agree that Darius is a strange choice for Anne, especially with Niamh. I can see her with a son called Cillian, or Conor.

Haulage · 23/09/2025 09:38

I knew a Manus in Ireland. He’ll be in his forties now.

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