Menno is a
Dutch language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' ...
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".
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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 Menno Emanuël Sluijter (born 31 July 1932, Haarlem) is an anaesthetist from the Netherlands.
Sluijter obtained his MD at the University of Amsterdam in 1957 and his PhD at the same institution in 1963 with the dissertation ''The treatment of carbo ...
(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.
* (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.
* (born 1984), Dutch DJ and producer.
* Menno Effern (born 1984), Dutch DungeonMaster for Dungeons and Dragons
* Menno Koch (born 1994), Dutch footballer.
* Menno Heus (born 1995), Dutch footballer.
* Menno Bergsen
Menno Bergsen (born 26 August 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Slovenian PrvaLiga side NK Maribor. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Slovakia and Slovenia.
Career
Bergsen made his senior debut in ...
(born 1999), Dutch footballer.
References
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Dutch masculine given names