Manar meaning | Last name Manar origin

Surname is the form of Man. A very usual termination of English surnames, as Workman, Longman, Newman, Potman, Waterman-which explain themselves. There are however some, of a local origin, which require a few remarks. In the XIII & XIV centuries, many persons received family names, not from the designation, but from the situation, of their residences. A plebeian, for instance, who dwelt at a grove, would be called William at the Grove, or more curtly, Wills, atte Grove. In the succeeding centuries, the awkward atte, sometimes softened to A' was dropped, and the name became simply Grove, Grover, or Groveman. In like manner were formed Beckman from beck, Castleman from castle, Crouch-man from crouch, Lakeman from lake, Parkman from park, and many others. Man in Old French signifies Norman. And in Dutch de Man means 'the man,' heros.

Lastname is a variation of Man. Man, Servant, Vassal; also in the Celtic, hero; for, in Erse, "maon" signifes a hero. The name may also be derived from Maine (the province), Man (the island), Scotch, manas or mains, farm or fields, Welsh, maen, stone, Romance, man, Norman; or from Mani, the Moon, as, in the ancient Teutonic languages, the moon, called Mani, is of the customary in some parts of Germany to show them proper respect by calling them Mr. Moon and Mrs. Sun.

According to Tacitus, the Germans had a tradition that they were descended from Mann (Mannus), son of Tuiso, son of Odin.

When "man" occurs as a termination, it appears to have various meanings; as, firstly, in the names Adelmann, Bannerman, Spearman, Prettyman, which require no explanation. Secondly, to signify dealer, maker, or worker; as Appelman, Cheeseman, Kammann, Saltman, Woolman. Thirdly, dweller in or by; as, Hulsemann, Parkman, Templeman. And fourthly, serf or vassal; Heiligenmann, Konigsmann.

Sir Walter Maign, Knight, lived temp. King David Bruce (1331-1370), from whom he got a charter : "domino Waltero Maign, Milti, terrnarum de Auchluchry in Vice Comitatu de Aberedeen." His descendants, some of whom settled in other counties, wrote the name Mayne, Main, and Mann.

Surname is a form of Man. The vassal or servant; one who came from the Isle of Man, a Manxman.

A form of Manners. According to antiquaries, this noble family had their denomination from the village of Mannor, near Lanchester, county of Durham. They were certainly influential in the the northern counties, and Collins traces the name to a William de Manner, who flourished temp. William Rufus. The pedigree is deduced by him from Sir Robert de Manners, lord of Etal in Northumberland, several generations anterior to the reign of Henry III.