[stfp]

Feedback: change the name

The current name will prevent this product/company from ever making it to the mainstream, or at least make it way less likely.

A great name can truly make a huge difference. An OK name that sticks is a necessity. A name that is mostly “anus” is actively bad.

[t_mann]

To the OP, I say forget this advice. There's a headhunting company called Monster, arguably the worst possible name, especially for that business. Last time I checked they were doing fine. The truly worst thing is not being talked about.

Manus means hand in Latin, not a bad name at all for a tool that lends you a hand. Some people will recognize this, others not. They'll be fine, or if not, it won't be for that reason.

[cafard]

Not only hand, but force, violence, etc.: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext...

[_aavaa_]

Or fate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manos:_The_Hands_of_Fate

[t_mann]

If the context implies that it's hand as the instrument used in fight. I don't see how that's relevant here.

[ahofmann]

There is also MongoDB, which is also doing fine despite the very unfortunate name.

[gmuslera]

It brings bad analogies with body parts. So, let’s change the name schema to gods, mythology or something on the sky. Maybe Uranus could be a better alternative.

[kingforaday]

Or Janus?

[brainless]

I really thought this name was from the common word for "human" in many languages across India. Slightly different pronunciations in some languages but I think many Indians would relate to the word as a derivative of "human".

[henry_viii]

ChatGPT's logo looks like an anus yet they're doing just fine.

[ErikBjare]

I imagined it was short for "manuscript", as "manus" is the Swedish word for it. I also have a friend named Manu, who I imagine is hoping her name doesn't get Alexa'd.

[PurelyApplied]

The etymology of "manuscript" is from Latin "manu" by hand "script" (scriptus) written.

[adultSwim]

Seems OK to me, not great. I would have never made the connection to anus without you mentioning it, possibly due to the differing pronunciation.

[linsomniac]

Laughing because I came here and this is the top comment. My coworker asked if I heard about it over the weekend, so I came to HN to search. "How do you spell it, m-a-n-t-i-s?" "No, like anus with an M in front."

[brookst]

Mananus?

[xnx]

Womanus? Ladus?

[anthropodie]

Manus = माणुस in Marathi which means Man