Given name & surname

Menon

Menon is a surname from Malayalam. It is used in English and Occitan.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Menon comes from Malayalam.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Occitan usage, Menon is a diminutive of Germana.

Menon’s family of names

In Occitan usage, Menon is a diminutive of Germana. In Greek usage, Menon as a surname is a transliteration of Μένον. In Greek usage, Menon as a surname is a transliteration of Μένων.

Walk Menon’s family in the name graph

MenonΜένωνमेनोनΜενόνΜένονGermanaMennonമേനോൻ

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Menon has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Malayalam roots to each of them.

GreekMalayalam

Malayalamwhere Menon comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 4

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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