Menno (first name)

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Menno is a male name.

Origin and meaning

Menno is a Frisian short form of names that contain the name element megin ("strong", "strong"), such as Meinhard .

Name bearer

  • Menno Aden (* 1942), German lawyer and university professor
  • Menno ter Braak (1902-1940), Dutch writer
  • Menno van Coehoorn (1641–1704), general of the artillery and a fortress expert from the Netherlands
  • Menno Hanneken (1595–1671), German Lutheran theologian and superintendent of the city of Lübeck
  • Menno Heerkes (* 1993), Dutch football player
  • Menno de Jong (* 1984), Dutch trance DJ and producer
  • Menno Oosting (1964-1999), Dutch tennis player
  • Menno Simons (1496–1561), Dutch-Frisian theologian, leading representative of the Anabaptist movement and namesake of the Mennonites
  • Menno Wigman (1966–2018), Dutch poet and translator

See also