Menendez
Menéndez or Menendez is a family name .
Origin and meaning
Menéndez is an originally patronymic educated Spanish name with the "Son of Menendo" meaning. The first name Menendo, which is no longer in use today, was derived from the first name Hermenegildo . Outside of the Spanish-speaking area, the form Menendez occurs occasionally .
Name bearer
- Adrián Menéndez (* 1985), Spanish tennis player
- Alejandro Mon Menéndez (1801–1882), Spanish legal scholar and politician
- Alfonso Menéndez (* 1966), Spanish archer
- Álvaro Menéndez Leal (1931–2000), Salvadoran poet, storyteller, playwright, essayist and journalist
- Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (1879–1962), Salvadoran general and politician, President 1934/1935 and 1944
- Bob Menendez ( Robert Mendez ; * 1954), American politician
- Emilio Menéndez del Valle (* 1945), Spanish legal scholar, diplomat and politician (PSOE)
- Enrique Menéndez Ureña SJ (1939–2014), Spanish philosopher, economist, social scientist and theologian
- Erik Menendez (* 1971), American murderer, see Lyle and Erik Menendez
- Francisco Menéndez Valdivieso (1830–1890), Salvadoran politician, president from 1885 to 1890
- Javier Menéndez (soccer player) (* 1974), Uruguayan soccer player
- Javier Menéndez (fencer) (* 1981), Spanish fencer
- Gonzalo Menendez (born 1971), American actor
- Josefa Menéndez (1890–1923), Spanish nun and mystic
- Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández (1957–2019), Spanish clergyman
- Luciano Benjamín Menéndez (1927-2018), Argentine general
- Lyle Menendez (* 1968), American murderer, see Lyle and Erik Menendez
- Manuel Menéndez (1793–1847), Peruvian politician, president between 1841 and 1845
- Manuel Menéndez (1915–1999), Argentine bishop
- Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (1856–1912), Spanish historian and literary critic
- Marco Menéndez (* 1950), Mexican soccer player
- Mario Menéndez (1930–2015), Argentine officer
- Mario Renato Menéndez Rodríguez (* 1937), Mexican publisher and journalist
- Miguel Ángel Menéndez Reyes (1904–1982), Mexican diplomat
- Norberto Menéndez (1936–1994), Argentinian football player
- Osleidys Menéndez (* 1979), Cuban athlete
- Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519–1574), Spanish admiral and politician
- Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869–1968), Spanish philologist and historian
- Ricardo Menéndez Salmón (* 1971), Spanish writer
- Ricardo José Menéndez Prieto (* 1969), Venezuelan politician
- Tato Menéndez (1935-2010), Cuban boxer
- Timoteo Menéndez , Salvadoran politician
- Tomás Medina Menéndez (1803–1884), Salvadoran politician, Supremo Director 1848