as a Last Name
- 1,499
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Menon
Meaning & Origins
Indian (Kerala): Hindu (Nayar) name, from Malayalam mēnōn, usually used to mean ‘accountant’, but literally ‘exalted one’ (earlier mēnavan, mēlavan, from mēl ‘high’ + the third person singular masculine pronoun, avan ‘he’). Originally, this was a hereditary title conferred by the rulers of various kingdoms in Kerala.
| 16,634th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,499
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Menon per capita
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