Menno

This article is about the given name. For other uses, see Menno (disambiguation).

Menno

Pronunciation	Dutch: [ˈmɛnoː] ⓘ
Language(s)	Dutch
Origin
Language(s)	Old Frisian
Other names
Derived	Meine

Menno (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɛnoː] ^ⓘ) is a Dutch masculine given name of Old Frisian origin. It was made popular by the influential Frisian religious reformer Menno Simons (West Frisian: Minne Simens), and the name was spread by his followers, the Mennonites.

Menno is the Dutch version of Frisian Meine. Like other Germanic names with mein-, it stems from megin- "power, strength".

People named Menno

People with the given name Menno include:

• Menno Aden (born 1942), German lawyer and politician
• Menno Bergsen (born 1999), Dutch footballer
• Menno Boelsma (born 1961), Dutch speed skater
• Menno ter Braak (1902–1940), Dutch writer
• Menno van Coehoorn (1641–1704), Dutch soldier and engineer
• Menno Heerkes (born 1993), Dutch footballer
• Menno Heus (born 1995), Dutch footballer
• Menno T. Kamminga (born 1949), Dutch law professor
• Menno Koch (born 1994), Dutch footballer
• Menno-Jan Kraak (born 1958), Dutch cartographer
• Menno van Meeteren Brouwer (1882–1974), Dutch painter
• Menno Meyjes (born 1954), Dutch-born screenwriter, director and producer
• Menno Oosting (1964–1999) Dutch tennis player
• Menno Schilthuizen (born 1965), Dutch biologist and ecologist
• Menno Simons (1496–1561), founder of the Mennonites
• Menno Sluijter (1932–2022), Dutch anaesthetist
• Menno Snel (born 1970), Dutch politician
• Menno Veldhuis (born 1974), Dutch painter and photographer
• Menno Versteeg, Canadian musician
• Menno Westendorp (born 1969), Dutch cinematographer
• Menno Willems (born 1977), Dutch footballer

External links

• Media related to Menno (given name) at Wikimedia Commons