Manasseh () is both a given name and a surname. Its variants include Manasses and Manasse.

Notable people with the name include:

Surname

  • Ezekiel Saleh Manasseh (died 1944), Singaporean rice and opium merchant and hotelier
  • Jacob Manasseh (died 1832), Ottoman rabbi
  • Leonard Manasseh (1916–2017), British architect
  • Maurice Manasseh (born 1943), English cricketer

Given name

  • Manasseh (tribal patriarch), first son of Joseph
  • Tribe of Manasseh
  • Manasseh of Judah, king of Judah in the 7th century BC
  • Manasseh II, hypothetical Jewish ruler of the Khazars in the 9th century AD
  • Manasseh Azure, freelance journalist in Accra, Ghana
  • Manasseh Masseh Lopes (1755–1831), British politician
  • Manasseh Magok Rundial, South Sudanese politician
  • Manasseh Sogavare (born 1955), Solomon Islands politician and Prime Minister

Fictional characters

  • Manasseh da Costa, The King of Schnorrers

See also