Menno
Menno is a Dutch masculine given name of Old Frisian origin. It was made popular by the influential Frisian religious reformer Menno Simons, 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, German lawyer and politician
- Menno Bergsen, Dutch footballer
- Menno Boelsma, Dutch speed skater
- Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer
- Menno van Coehoorn, Dutch soldier and engineer
- Menno van Gorp, Dutch breakdancer
- Menno Heerkes, Dutch footballer
- Menno Heus, Dutch footballer
- Menno T. Kamminga, Dutch law professor
- Menno Koch, Dutch footballer
- Menno-Jan Kraak, Dutch cartographer
- Menno van Meeteren Brouwer, Dutch painter
- Menno Meyjes, Dutch-born screenwriter, director and producer
- Menno Oosting Dutch tennis player
- Menno Schilthuizen, Dutch biologist and ecologist
- Menno Simons, founder of the Mennonites
- Menno Sluijter, Dutch anaesthetist
- Menno Snel, Dutch politician
- Menno Veldhuis, Dutch painter and photographer
- Menno Versteeg, Canadian musician
- Menno Westendorp, Dutch cinematographer
- Menno Willems, Dutch footballer