Manning is from an old Norse word — manningi — meaning a brave or valiant man; and one of the first forms of the name was Mannin; another cartography was Mannygn. One historian gives a Saxon origin for the family, which he calls "ancient and noble".
Derived from a Sanskrit word meaning 'full of life'. Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra named their son Viaan.
