Menne

Menne is a German family name .

Origin and meaning

The name was created as a short form of Meinhard , Meinward , Meinold , Meinrich . Originally derived from "man". Titled especially male representatives of a (village) community.

Name bearer

• Albert Menne (1923–1990), German philosopher, logician and author
• Alexander Menne (1904–1993), German manager and politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag
• Angelika Menne-Haritz (* 1949), German archivist
• Bernhard Menne (1901–1968), German journalist and publicist
• Erika Menne (1908–1991), member of the Hessian state parliament (FDP)
• Ernst Menne (1869–1927), German blast furnace specialist and chemist
• Fritz Menne (* 1919), German ambassador
• Gerd Menne (1939–2020), German soccer player and coach
• Heinrich Menne (1541–1621), German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman, chief pastor of the Lübeck Aegidienkirche
• Lothar Menne (* 1944), German publisher
• Peter Menne (production designer) (* 1960), German production designer
• Peter Menne (Illustrator) (* 1962), German illustrator and caricaturist
• Sabine Menne (* 1977), German actress and singer
• Simone Menne (* 1960), German manager
• Wilhelm Menne (1910–1945), German rower

Others

• Menne (Warburg) , a district of Warburg, North Rhine-Westphalia