Mani (name)
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Mani or Maney (Persian: مانی) is a common proper name in the Middle East and South Asia. In Persian, Mani (مانی) means "eternity", "thinker", and "thoughtful". It is most common in Iran, Pakistan, Nepal, and India. There are also a number of unrelated names also spelled Mani, some of them hypocoristic, such as German Mani for Manfred.
- Mani (prophet) (c. 216–276), Iranian prophet
- Mani (musician) (born 1962), English rock musician
- Mani Ram Bagri (1920–2012), politician from India
- Mani Madhava Chakyar (1899–1990), Indian master performance artist and Sanskrit scholar
- Mani Charenamei (born 1959), Indian politician
- Mani Damodara Chakyar (born 1946), Indian performance artist
- Mani Cooper (born 2003), British ski jumper
- Mani Haghighi (born 1969), Iranian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor
- Mani Hoffman (born 1975), French singer, songwriter and music producer
- Mani Jegathesan, Malaysian athlete
- Mani Kaul (1944–2011), Indian film director
- Mani Lama, Nepalese politician
- Mani Leib (1883–1953), Ukrainian Yiddish poet
- Mani Liaqat (born 1984), British actor and comedian
- Mani Matter (1936–1972), Swiss singer-songwriter
- Mani Menon (born 1948), Indian-American surgeon
- Mani Nagappa (born 1925), Indian sculptor
- Mani Neumeier (born 1940), German rock musician
- Mani Nouri (born 1989), Iranian-Canadian film director, writer, and actor
- Mani Prasad (1930–2023), Indian vocalist
- Mani Rao (born 1965), Indian poet and translator
- Mani Sharma (born 1964), Indian music director
- Mani Ratnam (born 1956), Indian Tamil film director, producer, and writer
- Mani Bai (1573–1619), Mughal Empress consort
- Bhai Mani Singh (1644–1738), Sikh scholar and martyr
