Manus

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Please tell me what you think of this name. We have an Irish surname though we live in England.

like, as in Mc Manus?

thought you'd typo'd Magnus TBH.

Only as a nickname for Emmanuel.

Yes like McManus. It is the Irish derivation of Scottish/Scandinavian Magnus.

Nope, can't think of any teasing potential at school. That's one taunt proof name alright.

I really like it; there's a character called Manus in Brian Friel's Translations

And the prize goes to Technotronic. . .

Should it put us off though? Should we give in to that kind of thing, kids will rhyme names with 'rude' words anyway.

Anyone know a Manus who was tortured at school and hated his name?

We do know a Manus and he wasn't, he was one of a few in the school though.

It's horrid.Magnus is much nicer;that g makes all the difference imho.

It's probably not a bad name in itself, but there are so many other nice names out there in the world, why choose one that is only 1 letter from anus?

My anus.

I like Manus, I went to school with a few, they were very handsome Kids rhyme words - Manus doesn't rhyme with anus, and anus wasn't a rude choice of word where I was, bum hole on the other hand!!!

It's also the Latin for "hand", so there might be masturbation teasing if he went to an erudite school.

Prefer Magnus.

I think of Manus a character from 'Translations' the play by Brian Friel. It's a nice enough name, love Magnus though

It's just anus with an M

...hadn't noticed that!

as soon as i saw it for some reason i went man-us? man up!! in some sort of superhero voice but im weird

it doesnt put me up or down to be honest if i heard it its a bit mneh .. ?

lol at anus with an m

Superjobee - loving the 'Man-up' superhero, my DH has just replied 'Thundercats Ho' which is putting a new, unexpected spin on the name, aside from the whole anus debate.

It is probably our number two name, oh the bum jokes won't stop.

the first thing i saw was the word anus. sorry.

I love this name. I really wanted to use it for ds but ha e to say the anus thing put me off. I know one and he is really rugged and handsome and was never teased to my knowledge.

I know the name from Ireland and I like it - it's a good manly name. Correctly of course, it's pronounced Maw-nas (because it should be spelt with a 'fada' on the 'a' i.e. Mánus) but an English speaker reading it wouldn't know that so I can see where the 'my anus' commenters are coming from!

Bit of a shame as it's a really nice name. OTOH I wouldn't obssess over the negative side of any name. People do get a bit too hung up on the kids teasing angle - kids will tease for anything. You could call your son Jack or Will and he could still get teased because he's short or tall or has glasses or whatever.

Our DS was born on Friday and we didn't go with Manus. I do agree some nice names could die out if we give in to what kids could tease others about, but he just didn't look like a Manus.

Congratulations - are you going to tell us what name you chose?

ah Manus! haven't heard that one outside of ireland, or on anybody under 70 but still i quite like it.

I prefer Marcus though.

I immediately thought of Mick McManus - the wrestler from many years ago