The menzies Surname
menzies Name Meaning and History
Scottish: variant of Manners, in which the z
originally represented Middle English letter ? (yogh),
representing a sound similar to modern English y. The surname
is still pronounced mingiz in Scotland. It has been Gaelicized
as Méinn, from which come the English forms Mein and
Mien. The patronymic forms McMenzies,
McMon(n)ies, McMin(n), and McMyn represent
adapations of the name to the predominant pattern of Highland
surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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