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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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CurlewKate · 14/09/2026 18:47

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

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.

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.

WaitingForMojo · 17/09/2026 04:57

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

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