from the male personal name Manasseh, Hebrew
Menashe ‘one who causes to forget’ (see Manasse), borne
in the Middle Ages by Christians as well as by Jews. Hebrew
Menashe and its reflexes in other Jewish languages have always
been popular among Jews.occupational name for someone who made
handles for agricultural and domestic implements, from an agent
derivative of Anglo-Norman French mance ‘handle’ (Old French
manche, Late Latin manicus, a derivative of manus
‘hand’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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