Given name & surname
Menna
“portion”·“destiny”
Menna is a surname from Italian. It is used in English, Italian, and Finnish.
Original GreekΜεννα
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Menna means “portion” or “destiny.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Menna appears in Luke 3:31.
From biblical name research
Menna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 223
- 0 boys · 223 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,629 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,629 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 7.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 334 as a first name in 2020; 1,006 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.
Menna’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Mannashares a root
- Timnahshares a root
- Minnishares a root
- Mijaminshares a root
- Mibsamshares a root
- Ahimanshares a root
- Menishares a root
- Mammonshares a root
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People named Menna
- Menna FitzpatrickWelsh alpine skierborn 1998
- Menna ShalabiEgyptian actressborn 1982
- Menna FadaliEgyptian actressborn 1983
- Menna El-Tananybadminton playerborn 1990
- Menna HamedEgyptian professional squash playerborn 1998
- Menna ElfynWelsh poetborn 1951
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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