Manning (a.k.a. Mannion, Manning) is a family name.
Origin and meaning
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". According to him, Manning was the name of a town in Saxony, and from it the surname sprang.
Other historians make Mannheim, Germany, the cradle of the family, and begin its history with Ranulph, or Rudolph de Manning, Court Palatine, who, having married Elgida, aunt to King Harold I of England, had a grant of land in Kent, England. His name is also written de Mannheim — Rudolph de Mannheim. His place in Kent was Downe Court, and there the Mannings have been a power ever since. Simon de Manning, a grandson of Rudolph, was the first of the English barons to take up the cross and go forth to the Holy Wars. He was a companion of King Richard I of England, and was knighted on the battlefield. We can easily see where the cross of the coat of arms comes from. At Downe Court these arms are seen graven upon tombstones of the Mannings. By the thirteenth century the family was well represented in over a score of countries and several towns bear their name — Manningham, Bradford, and Mannington, Norfolk. The surname Manning is also an English patronymic name, being one of those names derived from the first name of a father. In this case it is derived from the old English personal name Manning and simply denotes 'son of Manning', while Manning itself may derive from the old Norse name Menning, meaning 'able'.
Early recorded English instances of the name includes a reference to one Mannicus in the Domesday Book of 1086 and Algarus Manningestepsune in 1130, mentioned in Ekwall's "Early London Personal Names". Seaman Lilius Manning appears in the Pipe Rolls for Essex in 1181 and Ainulf Manning in the Pipe Rolls for Kent in 1190.
The surname Manning is on the record in Ireland from the seventeenth century and is most numerous today in the counties Cork and Dublin. It is interesting to note that while it is essentially an English surname, Manning has occasionally been used as a synonym of the Gaelic surname O'Mannin and that, for example, Cornet John Manning of O'Neill's dragons in King James II's Irish army, was an O'Mannin.
Others trace the origins of the name to Ireland: Ó Mannin (anglicized Mannion) is the name of a Galway family who were formerly chiefs of Soghain (in what is now Ireland), a district nearly co-extensive with the barony of Tiaquin. Ó Mannin, King of Soghain, is mentioned in the Chronicon Scotorum in the year 1135, and a latter chief died at the Second Battle of Athenry in 1316.
They continued to form a distinct clan down to the time of James I of England. The chief resided at Menlough Castle, in the parish of Killascobe, Galway. In 1617, Aedh Ó Mannin (Hugh O'Mannin) surrendered his estates, but a small portion of it was restored under the Act of Settlement in 1676 where the name is still common in Galway and Roscommon, and has spread into other parts of Ireland.
Al G. Manning, occultist
Anne Manning (born 1959), Australian racewalker
Aubrey Manning (born 1930), English zoologist and broadcaster
Barbara Manning, American indie rock musician
Bernard Manning (1930–2007), British comedian
Brandon Manning (born 1990), Canadian professional ice hockey player
Brennan Manning
Caroline Joyce Manning (1909–2000), British campaigner
Catherine Lemmon Manning (1881–1957), of Washington, D.C.
Chelsea Manning (born Bradley Manning, 1987), U.S. Army intelligence analyst, convicted of leaking classified materials to WikiLeaks
Clarence Manning, U.S. Slavicist
Daniel Manning (1831–1887), U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Cleveland
David Manning (born 1949), British diplomat
Dick Manning (1912–1991), American songwriter
Eli Manning (born 1981), an American football player
Emily Manning (1845–1890), an Australian journalist and writer
Ernest Manning (1908–1996), a Canadian politician
Edward Manning (disambiguation)
Elizabeth Manning (disambiguation)
Frankie Manning (born 1914), American dancer
Frederic Manning (1882–1935), Australian poet and novelist
George Manning (died 1849), British murderer
Guy Manning, British musician
Henry Manning (disambiguation)
Hugh Manning (1920–2004), British actor
Jack Manning (1916–2009), American actor
James David Manning (born 1947), American pastor
Jarrod Manning (born 1994) Jailer Wayne County Jail Jesup,Georgia U.S.A
Jeff Manning, (born 1971), American Author & Entrepreneur
Katy Manning (born 1949), British actress
Laurence Manning ( born 1899), Canadian science fiction author
Marie Manning (died 1849), Swiss murderer
Matthew Manning (born 1955), British author and healer, alleged to have psychic and psychokinetic abilities
Maurice Manning (born 1943), Irish politician
Maurice Manning (born 1966), American poet
Michael Manning (disambiguation)
Mick Manning (born 1959), British children's author and illustrator
Mike Manning (born 1987), American activist and actor
Nelson H. Manning, American politician
Nick Manning (born 1967), American porn star
Orlando H. Manning, American politician
Owen Manning (1721–1801) English clergyman, antiquarian and historian
Padraig Gearr Ó Mannin, United Irishman, fl. 1798
Patrick Manning (1946–2016), Prime Minister and Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Paul Manning (d. 1995), American broadcast journalist and member of The Writing 69th
Peter Manning (born 1947), Chairman of the Irish Genealogical Research Society
Phil Manning (musician) (born 1948), Australian blues musician
Preston Manning (born 1942), former Canadian politician and son of Ernest Manning
Randolph Manning (1804–1864), American jurist
Raymond B. Manning (1934–2000), American carcinologist
Robert Lee Manning (born 1948), American educator, poet
Robert Manning (disambiguation)
Roger Manning (disambiguation)
Scott Manning (1958–2006), football player and plane pilot
Sidney E. Manning, American Medal of Honor recipient
Stuart Manning (born 1979), English actor and model
Taryn Manning (born 1978), American actress
Terry Manning, Music Producer and engineer
Timothy Manning (1909–1989), Cardinal Archbishop of Los Angeles
Wayne Eyer Manning (1899–2004), American botanist
William Manning (British politician) (1763–1835), Governor of the Bank of England
William Manning, co-founder of Manning & Napier (an investment management firm), whose name is reflected in Manning rule
William Montagu Manning (1811–1895), English born Australian politician and judge
William Thomas Manning, bishop of New York
Archie Manning (born 1949), American football player
Cooper Manning (born 1974), former American football player, son of Archie Manning
Curtis Manning (lacrosse), (born 1987), Canadian lacrosse player
Danieal Manning (born 1982), American football player
Danny Manning (born 1966), American basketball player and coach
Darren Manning (born 1975), English racecar driver
Ed Manning (1943–2011), American basketball player and coach; father of Danny Manning
Eli Manning (born 1981), American football player, son of Archie Manning
Harold Manning (1909–2003), American steeplechase runner
Jack Manning (1853–1929), American baseball player
Jim Manning (1862–1929), American baseball player, manager and team owner
John Manning (born 1940), English footballer
Madeline Manning (born 1948), American middle-distance runner
Peyton Manning (born 1976), American football player, son of Archie Manning
Phil Manning (1906–1930), Australian rules footballer
Rick Manning (born 1954), American baseball player
Ricky Manning (born 1980), American football player
Rosie Manning (born 1950), American football player
Rube Manning (1883–1930), American baseball player
Scott Manning (1958–2006), football player and plane pilot
Paul Mannion (born 1993), Gaelic football player
Trevor Manning (1945), New Zealand Olympic Gold Medallist in Field Hockey
Albert Manning, character on Degrassi: The Next Generation
Craig Manning, character on Degrassi: The Next Generation
Curtis Manning, character on 24
David Manning (fictitious writer)
Meg Manning, character on Veronica Mars
Starr Manning, character on One Life to Live
Téa Delgado Manning, character on One Life to Live
Danielle Manning, character on One Life to Live
Todd Manning, character on One Life to Live
Jack Manning, character on One Life to Live
Sam Manning, character on One Life to Live
Sarah Manning, character on "Orphan Black"