Given name & surname
Menas
“a forgetful man”
Menas is a variant of Menassah. One Hebrew interpretation is “a forgetful man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Menas is a variant of Menassah. One Hebrew interpretation is “a forgetful man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Menas is a variant of Menassah. An origin associated with Menassah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2024. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Menas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 201 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Menas
- Menas of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constatinople
- Menas of EthiopiaEthiopian Emperor1600–1563
- Minas HatzisavvasGreek actor and screenwriter (1948–2015)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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