Menno
Menno is a Dutch language 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".[1]
It can refer to:
People
- Menno Simons (1496–1561), founder of the Mennonites.
- Menno van Coehoorn (1641–1704), Dutch soldier and military engineer.
- Menno ter Braak (1902–1940), Dutch modernist author.
- Menno Sluijter (born 1932), Dutch anaesthetist.
- Menno Voorhof, pen name of Herman Koch (born 1953), Dutch writer and actor
- Menno Versteeg (born 1981), Dutch-Canadian musician and lead singer of Hollerado
- Menno Meyjes (born 1954), Dutch-born screenwriter, film director and producer
- Menno-Jan Kraak (born 1958), Dutch cartographer
- Menno Boelsma (born 1961), Dutch speed skater.
- Menno van Delft (born 1963), Dutch harpsichordist and organist
- Menno Oosting (1964–1999) Dutch tennis player.
- Menno Schilthuizen (born 1965), Dutch evolutionary biologist and ecologist.
- Menno Westendorp (born 1969), Dutch cinematographer.
- Menno Veldhuis (born 1974), Dutch painter and photographer
- Menno Willems (born 1977), Dutch footballer.
- Menno de Jong (born 1984), Dutch DJ and producer.
- Menno Koch (born 1994), Dutch footballer.
- Menno Heus (born 1995), Dutch footballer.
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