The masculine name Manyk is evidently a derivative formed from the root Man- (see Manech) with the use of the diminutive suffix -ik. The oldest recorded instances of the personal name Manyk date back to the Register of Cossacks of the Zaporizhian Sich from 1649. For example, Manyk Chernyachenko from the Chernihiv Regiment and Manyk Shyronos.