Given name
Menelaos
Menelaos is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in English and Latin.
Meaning & origin
Menelaos’s family of names
In English usage, Menelaos has a related form in MENELAUS. In Polish usage, Menelaos has a conventional equivalent in the English form MENELAUS. In Latin usage, Menelaos has a related form in Menelāus.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Menelaos
- Menelaus of AlexandriaGreek mathematician and astronomer70–140
- Menelausbrother and general of Ptolemy I Soter, priest of the cult of Alexander400 BC–300 BC
- Menelaos LountemisGreek author (1912–1977)
- Menelausson of Amyntas III of Macedon
- Menelaus of Pelagonia4th-century BC ruler of Pelagonia400 BC–400 BC
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