Given name · also Latin
Menelaus
Menelaus is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in English and Latin.
Original LatinMenelāus
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Menelaus comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Menelaus developed from Μενέλαος.
Menelaus’s family of names
In English usage, Menelaus developed from the Ancient Greek form Μενέλαος. In English usage, Menelaus has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form MENELAO. In English usage, Menelaus has a related form in MENELAOS.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Menelaus has relatives in 18 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Menelaus
- Menelaus of AlexandriaGreek mathematician and astronomer70–140
- Menelausbrother and general of Ptolemy I Soter, priest of the cult of Alexander400 BC–300 BC
- Menelausson of Amyntas III of Macedon
- Menelaus of Pelagonia4th-century BC ruler of Pelagonia400 BC–400 BC
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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