Given name & surname · also Early Scots

Menzies

Menzies is a surname from Early Scots, ultimately from Anglo-Norman.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Menzies comes from Early Scots, and ultimately from Anglo-Norman.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Early Scots Menȝies, from Scottish Gaelic Mèinnearach, from Anglo-Norman Mesnières.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Menzies’s family of names

In English usage, Menzies as a surname has a related form in MINGES. In English usage, Menzies as a surname has a related form in MINGUS.

Walk Menzies’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 2

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

People named Menzies

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French

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French

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French

Maïlys

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French

Marois

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French

Meaux

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French

Mersenne

Mersenne is a surname from French. It is used in English and French.

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Breton

Meheut

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Breton

Helies

Helies is a surname from French, ultimately from Breton.

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Sibling ideas

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