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Menno

Gender
Boy
Say it
MEN-oh
Origin
Germanic
US rank, 2025
#3,657 for boys

Menno is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).

What does Menno mean?

Germanic: Frisian and Dutch short form of names beginning with megin 'strength'

Menno Simons was the Frisian Anabaptist leader from whom the Mennonites take their name.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Menno a girl's or a boy's name?

Menno is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Menno in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,657among boys
Babies in 2025
30about 1 in 57,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 42% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Menno, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1896.

Half of all the boys named Menno in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

1896Busiest: 33 in 20212025
Menno in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202530#3,657
202433#3,453
202331#3,627
202223#4,438
202133#3,424
202026#3,915
201924#4,226
201816#5,536
201721#4,590
201620#4,775
201527#3,881
201414#5,993
201321#4,461
201221#4,530
201122#4,354
20107#9,686
200914#6,091
200823#4,264
200718#4,994
200620#4,516
200519#4,459
200420#4,259
200328#3,275
200220#4,038
200122#3,716
200017#4,383
199921#3,586
199816#4,193
199710#5,636
199616#4,016
19959#5,922
199418#3,590
199314#4,220
199218#3,452
199115#3,806
199015#3,773
198914#3,803
198822#2,594
19879#4,567
198616#3,002
198515#3,067
198414#3,105
198316#2,786
19827#5,001
198117#2,678
198012#3,429
19795#6,054
197815#2,798
197710#3,604
197611#3,262
197514#2,749
19740–
19738#3,692
197211#2,989
19719#3,368
19700–
19695#4,403
19687#3,364
19676#3,557
196611#2,464
19656#3,535
196413#2,309
19630–
196212#2,363
196113#2,321
19609#2,869
19599#2,820
19587#3,273
19576#3,550
19568#2,967
19556#3,503
19547#3,174
19539#2,708
19525#3,731
19517#3,064
19500–
19496#3,296
19487#3,009
19470–
19466#3,171
19450–
194412#2,079
19435#3,536
19426#3,211
19416#3,132
19408#2,671
19390–
193810#2,326
19370–
19367#2,853
19355#3,644
193410#2,393
193310#2,367
19327#3,091
19315#3,761
19307#3,287
192913#2,198
192810#2,659
192710#2,702
192610#2,723
192517#1,934
192417#1,964
192317#1,940
192214#2,239
192111#2,631
19207#3,488
191918#1,810
191813#2,259
191716#1,899
191613#2,151
191517#1,706
19149#2,270
191311#1,675
191210#1,618
19115#1,739
19100–
19095#1,439
19080–
19070–
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18990–
18980–
18970–
18965#1,100

Names like Menno

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

More Germanic names

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Menno: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/menno, updated 20 October 2026.