Forename Menelaus

Throughout the world, Menelaus (Menelaus , Μενέλαος , Менелай ) is a very rare principally boy's, but very infrequently girly given name. The forename Menelaus is habitual in Greece, where it is a rare masculine name, and Philippines, where it is a very rare principally boy's, but very infrequently female name. Much less frequently, Menelaus is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Menelaus

name Менелай, name Menelau, name Menelaos, name Menelaus, name Menelao, name Μενέλαος

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Menelaus	Philippines, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, United States
Μενέλαος	Greece
Менелай	Russia

First names said to be same

Menelao, Menelaos, and Menelau

First name Menelaus in the context

Menelaus is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Menelaus , the mythical king of Sparta, husband of Helen of Troy, Iliad; Menelaus , the theatrical character of Euripides' tragedy "The Trojan Women"; Menelaus of Sparta , the king of Sparta, one of the Agiadai; Menelaus , the operatic character in the opera Die ägyptische Helena by Richard Strauss and Menelaus , the musical character in the musical The Golden Apple by Jerome Moross.

Notable namesakes

	menelaus of pelagonia local ruler of Pelagonia, GR (b. 400)
	menelaus winsemius Medicinae Dr. Universiteit Leiden 1613, NL (b. 1591)
	menelaus of aegae Greek epic poet, author of a lost Thebaid
	menelaus anaeus Peripatetic philosopher mentioned by Stephanus Byzantinus
	menelaus maccarmacan Roman Catholic bishop

Characteristic surnames

Galon, Alcantara, Spandonis, Perdikis, Dadiotes, Amandos, Siouris, Gutierrez, Sanoria, Gillis, Pineda, Pappas, Banias, Canody, Santos, Malaxos, and Visitacion