1) English boy name 2) English surname 3) Staffing 4) Staffing on a British isle 
Manning (aka Mannion, Manning) is a family name. ==Origin and meaning== Manning is from an old Norse word — manningi — meaning a brave or valiant man; and one of the first forms of the name was Mannin; another cartography was Mannygn. One historian gives a Saxon origin for the family, which he calls `ancient and noble`. According to him, Man.....
The process of taming a raptor.
• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Man
The process of taming a raptor.
Meaning as a surname: A tough guy.
Spending many hours with a bird of prey in order to tame it
The USS Manning was an American Buckley Class escort destroyer of 1400 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Manning had a top speed of 26 knots and carried a complement of 220. She was armed with three 3 inch guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; six 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; depth charge throwers and three 21 inch torpedo tubes in a triple mo...
Manning is an English name for boys and girls. The meaning is `son of the hero` The name Manning is -as far as we know- only given to American boys.