Manasseh
muh-NAS-eh
A biblical name meaning “forgetting” or “forgetfulness.”
Meaning
Manasseh comes from the Hebrew name of Joseph’s son, traditionally explained in Genesis as meaning “God has made me forget my toil.” In the excerpted name books it is glossed simply as “forgetting” or “forgetfulness,” and the form was used in English and Latin Christian naming traditions. It appears in the Bible and was later adopted by some Christian families and clerical circles.
Origin
HebrewEnglishLatinmasculine
Fun fact
The excerpts note that the name was early adopted among the Israelites and also turned up in a medieval knight and in a few bishops.